Section 22:
Procedure to be followed by Insecticide Inspectors.
(1) Where an Insecticide Inspector seizes
any record, register or document under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 21, he shall, as soon as may
be, inform a Magistrate and take his orders as to the custody thereof.
(2) Where an Insecticide Inspector takes any action under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of
section 21--
(a) he shall use all dispatch in ascertaining whether or not the insecticide or its sale, distribution
or use contravenes any of the provisions of section 18 and if it is ascertained that the insecticide or its
sale, distribution or use does not so contravene, forthwith revoke the order passed under the said
clause or, as the case may be, take such action as may be necessary for the return of the stock seized;
(b) if he seizes the stock of the insecticide he shall, as soon as may be, inform a Magistrate and
take his orders as to the custody thereof;
(c) without prejudice to the institution of any prosecution, if the alleged contravention be such
that the defect may be remedied by the possessor of the insecticide, he shall, on being satisfied that
the defect has been so remedied, forthwith revoke his order and in case where the Insecticide
Inspector has seized the stock of insecticide, he shall, as soon as may be, inform a Magistrate and
obtain his orders as to the release thereof.
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[(3) Where an Insecticide Inspector takes any sample of an insecticide, he shall issue a receipt
therefor stating therein that the fair price of such sample shall be tendered if the sample, after test or
analysis is not found to be misbranded and the Insecticide Analyst has reported to that effect and on such
price having been tendered may require a written acknowledgement therefor.]
(4)
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*** where the Insecticide Inspector seizes the stock of any insecticide under clause (d) of
sub-section (1) of section 21, he shall tender a receipt therefor in the prescribed form.
(5) Where an Insecticide Inspector takes a sample of an insecticide for the purpose of test or analysis,
he shall intimate such purpose in writing in the prescribed form to the person from whom he takes it and,
in the presence of such person unless he wilfully absents himself, shall divide the sample into three
portions and effectively seal and suitably mark the same and permit such person to add his own seal and
mark to all or any of the portions so sealed and marked:
Provided that where the insecticide is made up in containers of small volume, instead of dividing a
sample as aforesaid, the Insecticide Inspector may, and if the insecticide be such that it is likely to
deteriorate or be otherwise damaged by exposure shall, take three of the said containers after suitably
marking the same and, where necessary, sealing them.
(6) The Insecticide Inspector shall restore one portion of a sample so divided or one container, as the
case may be, to the person from whom he takes it and shall retain the remainder and dispose of the same
as follows:--
(i) one portion or container, he shall forthwith send to the Insecticide Analyst for test or
analysis; and
(ii) the second, he shall produce to the court before which proceedings, if any, are instituted in
respect of the insecticide.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 23 of 2000, s. 3, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 5-8-2000).
2. The words, brackets and figure Where the price tendered under sub-section (3) is refused, or omitted by s. 3,
ibid. (w.e.f. 5-8-2000).