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Any Prohibition Officer, any Officer of the Police Department and any other person authorised in that behalf - (a) may arrest without warrant any person found committing an offence punishable under sub-section (1) of Section 8 [or Section 10,] (b) may seize and detain any liquor, drug or other article which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act; and (c) may search any person, vessel, vehicle, animal, package, receptacle or covering, upon whom or in or upon which, he may have reasonable cause to suspect any such liquor, drug or other article to be, or to be concealed: Provided that if the officer or person making the arrest under this section be not empowered under Section 35 to admit to bail, the person arrested shall be forthwith forwarded to an officer so empowered if such an officer is known to be within a distance of five miles from the place where such arrest took place. And it shall be the duty of such officer empowered as aforesaid to admit such person to bail if sufficient bail be tendered for his appearance before a Police or Prohibition Officer or Magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the case. Added by Act 25 of 1960.