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Any officer or person exercising powers under this Act who- ( a ) maliciously enters or searches or causes to be entered or searched, any building or house or similar dwelling place; or (b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for anything liable to confiscation under this Act; or ( c ) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person, or ( d ) in any other way maliciously exceeds or abuses his lawful powers, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to 1 [ten thousand rupees] or with both.