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(1) Whenever any place liable to search or inspection under this Chapter is closed, any person residing in, or being in charge of, such place, shall, on demand of the officer or other person executing the warrant, and on production of the warrant, allow him free ingress thereto, and afford all reasonable facilities for a search therein. (2) If ingress into such place cannot be so obtained, the officer or other person executing the warrant may proceed in the manner provided by sub-section (2) of section 44. (3) Where any person in or about such place is reasonably suspected of concealing about his person any article for which search should be made, such person may be searched and if such person is a woman, the search shall be made by another woman with strict regard to decency. (4) Before making a search under this Chapter, the officer or other person about to make it shall call upon two or more independent and respectable inhabitants of the locality in which the place to be searched is situate or of any other locality if no such inhabitant of the said locality is available or is willing to be a witness to the search, to attend and witness the search and may issue an order in writing to them or any of them so to do. (5) The search shall be made in their presence, and a list of all things seized in the course of such search and of the places in which they are respectively found shall be Search for persons wrongfully confined. Power to compel restoration of abducted females. Direction, etc., of search- warrants. Persons in charge of closed place to allow search. Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 29 ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 29 (꯲) ꯍꯥꯏꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯠꯇꯖꯖꯑꯍꯨꯝꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯃꯁꯤꯗꯒꯤꯍꯦꯟꯅꯌꯥꯎꯕꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯍꯥꯏꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯠꯀꯤꯑꯦꯄ ꯭ ꯂꯤꯀꯦꯁꯟꯈꯨꯗꯤꯡꯃꯛꯖꯖ ꯑꯍꯨꯝꯌꯥꯎꯕꯍꯥꯏꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯠꯀꯤꯁ ꯭ ꯄꯦꯁ ꯭ ꯌꯦꯜꯕꯦꯟꯆꯑꯃꯅꯇꯥꯒꯅꯤꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡꯂꯦꯞꯀꯅꯤꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡꯍꯥꯏꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯠꯇꯖꯖꯑꯍꯨꯝꯗꯒꯤ ꯌꯥꯝꯗ꯭ꯔꯕꯗꯂꯩꯕꯗ, ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯁ ꯭ ꯄꯦꯁ ꯭ ꯌꯦꯜꯕꯦꯟꯆꯑꯁꯤꯍꯥꯏꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯠꯀꯤꯖꯖꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛꯌꯥꯎꯕꯑꯣꯏꯒꯅꯤ꯫ (꯳) ꯄꯥꯎ-ꯆꯦꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯒꯃꯔꯤꯂꯩꯅꯕꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯍꯥꯏꯖꯔꯛꯄꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯕꯨꯇꯥꯕꯃꯇꯝꯗ, ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯄꯥꯎ-ꯆꯦꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯀꯣꯄꯤꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯑꯁꯤꯄꯥꯎ-ꯆꯦꯑꯁꯤꯗꯌꯥꯎꯕꯋꯥꯍꯩꯁꯤꯡ, ꯈꯨꯗꯝꯁꯤꯡꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯎꯕꯌꯥꯕꯃꯁꯛꯎꯠꯄꯒꯤꯃꯑꯣꯡꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯋꯥꯈꯜꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤꯄ ꯭ ꯔꯃꯥꯟꯗꯃꯇꯦꯡꯄꯥꯡꯅꯕꯄ ꯭ ꯔꯃꯥꯟꯑꯣꯏꯅꯄꯤꯕꯌꯥꯏ, ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯂꯧꯊꯣꯛꯄꯒꯤꯂꯥꯎꯊꯣꯛꯄꯑꯗꯨꯂꯥꯎꯊꯣꯛꯈꯤ ꯫ (꯴ꯍꯥꯏꯀꯣꯔꯠꯅ, ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯄꯥꯎ-ꯆꯦꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤꯛꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯑꯇꯣꯞꯄꯆꯦ-ꯆꯥꯡ, ꯃꯗꯨꯒꯤꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯍꯥꯏꯖꯔꯛꯄ ꯑꯗꯨꯗ, ꯁꯦꯀꯁꯟ꯹꯸ꯒꯤꯁꯕ-ꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟ(꯱) ꯗꯄꯟꯈ꯭ꯔꯤꯕꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯋꯥꯐꯝꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯌꯥꯎꯋꯤꯍꯥꯏꯅꯊꯥꯖꯕꯐꯪꯗ꯭ꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯂꯧꯊꯣꯛꯄꯒꯤꯂꯥꯎꯊꯣꯛꯄꯑꯗꯨꯂꯧꯊꯣꯛꯀꯅꯤ꯫ (꯵) ꯁ ꯭ ꯄꯦꯁ ꯭ ꯌꯦꯜꯕꯦꯟꯆꯁꯦꯝꯂꯤꯕꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯂꯣꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯃꯔꯛꯇꯋꯥꯈꯜꯂꯣꯟꯈꯦꯠꯅꯕꯂꯩꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯋꯥꯔꯦꯞꯑꯗꯨꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯂꯣꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯑꯌꯥꯝꯕꯁꯔꯨꯛꯀꯤꯋꯥꯈꯜꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤꯃꯇꯨꯡꯏꯟꯅꯑꯣꯏꯒꯅꯤ꯫