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Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act, who- (a) without reasonable ground of suspicion enters or searches or causes to be searched, any closed place; or (b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for any thing liable to confiscation under this Act; or (c) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person; or (d) maliciously and falsely lays information leading to a search, seizure, detention or arrest; or (e) in any other way maliciously exceeds his lawful powers; shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.