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(1) At any time when so required by any officer or servant of a Market Committee, or by marketing Board Director, empowered in this behalf, the driver or any other person incharge of any vehicle, vessel or other conveyance, which is taken or proposed to be taken out of the market area shall stop the vehicle, vessel or other conveyance, as the case may be, and keep it stationary as long as may be reasonably necessary and allowed such officer or servant to examine the contents in the vehicle, vessel or other conveyance and inspect all records relating to the notified agricultural produce carried and give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle, vessel or other conveyance and of the owner of the notified agricultural produce carried in such vehicles, vessel or other conveyance. (2) The Officer or servant of the Market Committee/Board/State Government empowered under sub: - section (1) shall have power to seize and any notified agricultural produce taken or proposed to be taken out of the market area in any vehicle, vessel, or other conveyance, if such officer or servant has reason to believe that any fee or other amount due under this Act in respect of such produce has not been paid. Such seizure shall forthwith be reported by the officer or servant aforesaid to a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the offence under this Act and the provisions of Sections 457, 458 and 459 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall, so far as may, apply in relation to the notified agricultural produce seized as aforesaid as they apply in relation to property seized by a police officer. Power to borrow