# The Central Excise Act, 1944, Section 12F: Power of search and seizure

- Act: The Central Excise Act, 1944 (Act 1 of 1944)
- In force from: 1944-02-28
- Ministry: Ministry of Finance
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/central-excise-act-1944/section/12F/

## Text

1[12F. Power of search and seizure.-- (1) Where the Joint 2[Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise] or Additional 2[Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise] or such other Central Excise Officer as may be notified by the Board has reasons to believe that any goods liable to confiscation or any documents or books or things, which in his opinion shall be useful for or relevant to any proceedings under this Act, are secreted in any place, he may authorise in writing any Central Excise Officer to search and seize or may himself search and seize such documents or books or things. 3[(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to search and seizure shall, so far as may be, apply to search and seizure under this section subject to the modification that sub-section (5) of Section 165 of the said Code shall have effect as if for the word "Magistrate", wherever it occurs, the words "2[Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise]" were substituted.""

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