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Power to impound document (1) Any police officer or other person authorised in this behalf by the Government may, if such police officer or person has reason to believe that, any identification mark carried on a rickshaw or any licence, permit, certificate of registration or other document produced to him by the driver or drawer or person in charge of a rickshaw, is a false document, within the meaning of section 464 of the Indian Penal Code, seize the mark or document and call upon the driver or drawer or owner of the rickshaw to account for his possession of or the presence in the rickshaw of such mark or document; (2) Any police officer or other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government may. if such police officer or person has reason to believe that the driver or drawer of a rickshaw, who is charged with any offence under this Act, may abscond or otherwise avoid the service of a summons, seize any licence held by such driver or drawer and forward it to the Court taking cognizance of the offence and the said Court shall on the first appearance of such driver or drawer before it, return the licence to him in exchange for a temporary acknowledgment; (3) A police officer or other person seizing a licence under sub-section (2) shall give to the person surrendering the licence a temporary acknowledgment therefor and such acknowledgment shall authorise the holder to drive or draw until the licence has been returned to him or until such date as may be specified by the police officer or other person in the acknowledgment, whichever is earlier; Provided that if any magistrate, police officer or other person authorised by the Government in this behalf is, on an application made to him, satisfied that the licence cannot be, or has not been, returned to the holder thereof before the date specified in the acknowledgment for any reason for which the holder is not responsible, the magistrate, police officer or other person, as the case may be, may extend the period of authorization to drive to such date as may be specified in the acknowledgment.