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(1) The 1[Director], Collector or any Prohibition Offi cer duly empowered in this behalf 2[* * * * *] or a Magistrate or a District Superintendent of Police or an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent of Police specially empowered by the 3[ State ] Government in this behalf may issue a warrant— (a) for the arrest of any person whom he has reason to believe to have com- mitted an offence under this Act or any other law relating to the excise revenue for the time being in force; (b) for the search, whether by day or by night, of any building vehicle or place in which he has reason to believe that any intoxicant, hemp, 4[*] mhowra fl owers or molasses are manufactured or sold or stored or that any toddy is drawn, contrary to the provisions of this Act or that any intoxicant, hemp 5[mhowra fl ow- ers, molasses ] or other thing liable to confi scation or forfeiture under this Act or any other law for the time being in force relating to the excise revenue is kept or concealed 6[ and for the seizure of such intoxicant, hemp, 4[**], mhowra fl owers, molasses or such other thing found in such building, vehicle or place ]. (2) All warrants issued under sub-section (1) shall be executed in accord- ance with the provisions of the Cods of Criminal Procedure, 1898, by a Police Offi cer or a Prohibition Offi cer duly empowered in this behalf or if the offi cer issuing the warrant deems fi t, by any other person. 7[128-A. The provisions of sections 80, 98, 99, 103(1), 104, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 128, 135 and 139 shall apply to 8[denatured spirituous preparations, rotten gur or am- monium chloride] as they apply to any intoxicant under this Act.]