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Vexatious search, seizure, etc. by Excise Officer.-(1) Any officer exer- cising powers under this Act or under the rules made thereunder who- (W without reasonable ground of suspicion searches or causes to be searched any place, conveyance or vessel; (b) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person; (c) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the moveable property of any person on pretence of seizing or searching for any article liable to confiscation under this Act: (d) commits, as such officer, any other act to the injury of any person, without having reason to believe that such act is required for the execution of his duty: shall, for every such offence, be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees. (2) Any person wilfully and maliciously giving false information and so causing an arrest or a search to be made under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years. or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both. Comment The act of wilful and maliciously giving false information so as to cause an arrest or a search to be made under the Act is punishable with imprisonment up to two years or with tine upto two thousand rupees or with both.