Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Inspectors.-The Government may. by notificatiOn m the Gazette, appomt such persons not below the rank of a Sub Inspector of :pollee or an Inspector appomted under <;ectwn 21 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (Central Act 23 of 1940) to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act and may assign to them such local limits as It may thmk fit 5 Powers of Inspectors.-(1) An Inspector may, withm the local limits of the area for which he IS appomted- (a) enter and search With such assistance as he con- Siders necessary, any place m which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been committed or IS bemg r:ommitted and may seize such drugs or other stores which may furmsh evidence thereof ; (b) may examme any record, register, documents or f)ther matenal obJect found m any place mentiOned m clause (a) and seize the same, If he has reason to belteve that It may furmsh evidence of the commissiOn of an offence pumshable under this Act. (2) The provisions of the Code of Crimmal Procedure, 1898 {Central Act 5 of 1898), shall, so far as may be ap»JlY to any search or seizure under this Act as they apply to any ~- ) 105 search or seizure made under the authonty of a warrant is~u ed under sectwn 98 of the sa1d Code (3) If any person wilfully obstructs an Inspector m the exercJse of the powers conferred upon him by or under thiS Act, he shall be pumshable wJth 1mpnsonment for a term which shall not be less than SIX months but which may extend to two years and with fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees : Provided that the Court may for any adequate and special '·easons to be mentwned m the JUdgment Impose a sentence of Impnsonment for a term ot less than SIX months or of fine o( less than one thousand rupees or of both Impnsonment lor c1 term of less than six months and fine of less than one thousand rupees. 6 Procedure.-Where an Inspector seizes any drug· or other stores or any record, regJster, document .or any other matenal obJect under sectiOn 5, he shall, Withm twenty-four hours of such seizure produce them before a Magistrate havmg JUnsdiction over the area and take his orders as to the custody thereof