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Powers of Police Officer and other officers. - (1) Any Tax- ing Officer any police Officer in uniform not below the rank of Sub- Inspector, or any officer of the State Motor Vehicles Department not below the rank of Junior Inspector of Motor Vehicles or any other Of- ficer specially authorised by the Transport Commissioner in this be- half may- (a) enter at any time between sunrise and sunset any pre- mises where he has reason to believe that a motor vehicle is kept; or (b) require the driver of any motor vehicle In any public place to stop such vehicle and cause it to remain 1[stationary] so long as may reasonably be necessary, for the purpose of satisfying himself that the amount of tax 2[including the penalty, if any, levied under section 13] in respect of such vehicle has been paid and the tax has been obtained. (2) While proceeding under Sub-section (1) the officer may, if the tax 2[or the penalty, if any, or both tax and penalty] has not been paid in accordance with the 1[provisions] for this Act, seize the motor ve- hicle and detain it till the tax 2[or the penalty, or both, as the case may be,] is paid and 1[on such seizure] the officer shall take or cause to be taken any steps he may consider proper for the temporary safe cus- tody of the vehicle; and the registered owner, the person having pos- session or control of the vehicle and the driver thereof shall be bound