he may by his warrant authorize any policeofficer above the rank of a constable
(a) to enter, with such assistance as may be required, such place, and
(b) to search the same in manner specified in the warrant, and
(c) to take possession of any property, document, seals, stamps 1[,bank notes, currency notes] or
coins therein found which he reasonably suspects to be stolen, unlawfully obtained, forged, false
or counterfeit, and also of any such instruments and material 2[or of any such obscene objects]
as aforesaid, and
(d) to convey such property, documents, seals, stamps, 1[bank notes, currency notes,] coins,
instruments or materials 2[or such obscene objects] before a Magistrate, or to guard the same on
the spot until the offender is taken before a Magistrate, or otherwise to dispose thereof in some
place of safety, and
(e) to take into custody and carry before a Magistrate every person found in such place who appears
to have been privy to the deposit, sale or manufacture or keeping of any such property,
documents, seals, stamps, 3[bank notes, currency notes,] coins, instruments or materials 4[or
such obscene objects] knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect the said property to have
been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or the said documents, seals, stamps, coins,
instruments or materials to have been forged, falsified or counterfeited, or the said instruments
or materials to have been or to be intended to be used for counterfeiting coin 5[, stamps, bank
notes or currency notes] or for forging 3[or the said obscene objects to have been or to be
intended to be sold, let to hire, distributed, publicly exhibited, circulated, imported or exported].
(2) The provisions of this section with respect to__
(a) counterfeit coin,
(b) coin suspected to be counterfeit, and
(c) instruments or materials for counterfeiting coin, shall, so far as they can be made applicable,
apply respectively to__
(a) pieces of metal made in contravention of the Metal Tokens Act,1889 (I of 1889) , or
brought into 6[Pakistan] in contravention of any notification for the time being in force
under 7[Section 16 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969)],
1 Ins. by Ord. 12 of 1972, s. 2. and Sch.
2 Ins. by the Obscene Publications Act, 1925 (8 of 1925), s. 3.
3 Ins. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch.
4 Ins. by the Obscene Publications Act, 1925 (8 of 1925), s. 3.
5 Subs. by Ordinance 12 of 1972, s. 2 and Sch., for “or stamps.”
6 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statue Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for “the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation” which had
been subs. by A.O., 1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4, for “British India”.
7 Subs. by the Law Reform Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972) s. 2 and Sch. for “section 19 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878”.
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