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Power of court to publish names, place of business, etc., of certain offenders,-(1) Where any person is convicted of any of the offences punishable under section 15 to sectior 25 (both inclusive), section 28, section 29 or section 30, it shall be competent for the court convictint the person to cause the name and place of business or residence of such person, nature of the contravention, the fact that the person has been so convicted and such other particulars as the court may consider to be appropriate in the circumstances of the case, to be published at the expense of such person in such newspapers or in such manner as the court may direct. (2) No publication under sub-section (1) shall be made until the period for preferring an appeal against the orders of the court has expired without any appeal having been preferred, or such appeal, having been preferred, has been disposed of. (3) The expenses of any publication under sub-section (1) shall be recoverable from the convicted person as if it were a fine imposed by the court. '1. Ins. by Act 9 of 2001, sec. 18 (w.e.I. 2-10-2001). Sec.42l The Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic Substances Act, lgAS 31 CHAPTER V PROCEDURE r[41. Power to issue warrant and authorisation.-(1) A Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class or any Magistrate of the second class specially empowered by the State Government in'this behalf, mav issue a warrant for lhe arrest of any person whom he has reason to believl to have 19mmi$ed any. offence punishable under this Act, or for the search, whether by day or by night, of any building, conveyance or place in which he has reason to belreve any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or controlled substance in lTry:,t .l *N* an offence punishable under this Act has been committed or any document or other article which may fumish evidence of the commission of sucir offence or any illegally acquired property or any document or other article which may rumrsh evidence ot holding any illegally acquired property which js liable for seizure or freezing or forfeiture und-er Chapter va ol UG Act is kept or concealed. (2) Any such officer of gazetted rank of the departments of central excise, narcotics, customs, revenue intelligence or any othei department of the Central Govemment including the para-hilitary foi"", o. tlie armed forces as is empowered in -this beh-alf by general or special order by the Central Government, or any such officer of the revenue, drugs control, excise, police or any othei department of a State Govemment as is.e"mpowered in tfris 6enaU ly geie.al o. special order of the State Govemment if he'has reason to believe fr6ni personal 9:"*19: -o_'_lll::r:,i". given by any person and raken in writing ihat any person has committed an offence punishable under this Act or that ariy narcotit 1|;;1g-: f.:f!*opic subslance oi controled substance in respect of which any oltence under this Act has been committed or any document or other articl'e which may fumish evidence of the commission of luch offence or any illegally agguired property or any document or other article which may fumish evid'enc'e ::i:lflq_il'jt"8flly acauired ?.9pe..ty which is liable for ieizure or freezing or rorrerrure und€r Chapter VA oJ this Act-is kept or concealed in any buildingl :^*_:?""T" ^ol f1":e, may authorise any officer iubordinate to trtm Uit superio'. ln .:1y to a peon/ sepoy or a constable to arrest such a person or seirch a oullolng, conveya-nce or place whether by day or by night or himself arrest such a person or search a building, conveyance oi place. - (3) The officer to whom a warrant under sub_section (1) is addressed and the oificer who authorised the arrest or search or the officer who is so authorised under sub-section (2) shall have all the powers of ". oit"". acting under section 42.1 .,2142. P.ower.of entry search, seizure and arrest wilhout warrant or autnonsatlon.-(l) Aly s,uch officer (being an officer superior in rank to a peon, ::!_?.:.,::Tl"ble) of the departments -of central exiise, narcotics, .rrrio-r, rev€nue mtellegence or any other department of the Central Government rncluolng para-mjlitary forces or armcd forces as is empowered in this behalf bv Eenerar or speciat order bv the Central Govemmen(, or any such officer (bein! an officer superior in rank to a peon, sepoy or constable) of the revenue, druqs - f. S"U" a. a., I of 2001, sec. 19, for sertion 4l (w.e.l 2-10-2001).