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Police to aid excise officer. - All police officers are required to aid the excise officers in the due execution of this Act, upon request made by such exe officers. NOTES Police has to help the Excise Officers in detecting and prevention of offences under this Act. The police can render help to the Excise Officers in two different manners as under:- (a) On demand. - As and when any Excise Officer requires help of the police for raid, arrest, seizure of things and search etc., he can call for the police for such help and an adequate strength of police as he may think necessary. However, the Excise Officer will avoid incorporating police officials as witnesses except for the purpose it is necessary. It will also be a duty of the Excise Officer as well as of the police not to use force more than it is required for the purpose and in any case avoid such bodily hurt which may prove fatal. (b) As most of the offences under this Act are cognizable offences the police can take cog- nizance of the matter it their own to detect or prevent commission of any offence under this Act or to apprehend any offender. (c) Every police officer not below the rank of Head Constable is an Excise Officer under this Act as has been defined under Section 3(8) and therefore, can act as an Excise Officer as also a Police Officer. Every Police officer has been held to be an Excise Officer for the purpose of Section 3(8) of this Act. A sub- Inspector of the police can arrest an accused under Section 50 as an Excise Officer for any offence committed under Section 60 of this Act. Police Officers not below the rank of Sub-Inspector have been invested with the powers of an Excise Officer.