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(1) An Inspector may, if he has any reason to believe, whether from any information should be given to him by any person and taken down by him in writing or from personal knowledge or otherwise, that an offence punishable under this Act has been or is likely to be committed in relation to any weight, measure or other goods 'which are sold, delivered or distributed by weight, measure or number, enter, at all reasonable times, into any premises - (i ) where such weight or measure is used, or kept or believed to be kept for use in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection; (ii) where such goods are manufactured, packed, distributed or sold or kept or offered for sale in packaged form. and inspect or verify any weight measure or the net contents, by 'weight, measure or number, of any package, and may also examine any document or other record relating thereto. (2) An Inspector may at all reasonable times enter into any premises for such purposes other than those specified in sub-section (1), as may be prescribed. !7. (I) Where the Controller has reason to believe that any weight or \/:Ueasure, liable to be seized under this Act, or an)' document or thinfJ in relation to an v o J weight or measure, 'will be, in his opinion useful for or relevant to, any proceeding under this Act, is secreted in any place, he may search or authorise any officer, not below the rank of an Inspector, to search for such weight or m~asure, document or thing, and the general provisions relating to search under the Code of Criminal Procedure in force in Sikkim shall apply to every such search. •• 9 (2) Every authorisation m..ide by the Controller under sub-section (J) shall be deemed to be: " search warrant refeTred to in the general provisions rcbting to searches under the Code of Criminal Procedure in force in Sikkim. / 28,/" (I) An Inspector lllay seize and detain any weight 0;" measure in relation Pow-er of In5- to which an offence under this Act appears to hZlVC been committed or which is likely to pcctor to seize be used in the commission of such offence.and m<'.y Z\1s0 seize and detain ,my goocb sold any weight 01" or delivered, or caused to be sold or delivered, by such weight or measure: measure. Provided that where any.goods seized under this sub-section are subject to speedy or natural decay, the Inspector may dispose of such goods in such manner as may be preseribed. (2) Where any weight or measure or <>.ny .1rtick is seized and detained under sub-section/ I), the Inspector nVLyalso seize and detain any document or other record relating to such \-veight, measure or art icle.