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(1) Any person empowered by the State Government n this behalf may, for the poses of this Act,— Powers of purposes oarch. (a) require any owner of a rice mill to produce before entry anri such person all accounts, vouchers and other docu- to stocks, purchases, receipts and ments relating d to furnish any other despatches of paddy, an stocks, purchases, information relating to such receipts and despatches and every nd such owner shall comply with such requisition; a (b) inspect such accounts, vouchers and documents of, and the paddy held in stock by, such (2) Any such person empowered by the State Govern- ment in this behalf may enter and search, at any time, by day any building, vessel, vehicle or place in which he has reason to believe that any owner of a rice• mill holds any stock (3) All searches made under sub-section (2) shall be made of paddy. in .accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal A11 Procedure, 1898.