Act Number: 50

Act Name: The Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968

Year: 1968

Enactment Date: 1968-12-02

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an armed force of the Union for the better protection and security of industrial undertakings owned by the Central Government, certain other industrial undertakings, employees of all such undertakings and to provide technical consultancy services to industrial establishments in the private sector and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 12: Power to search without warrant.
    (1) Whenever 1 *** any member of the Force, not below the the prescribed rank, has reason to believe that any such offence as is referred to in section 11 has been or is being committed and that a search warrant cannot be obtained without affording the offender an opportunity of escaping or of concealing evidence of the offence, he may detain the offender and search his person and belongings forthwith and, if he thinks proper, arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed the offence.
     (2) The provisions of the 2 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as may be, apply to searches under this section.
Notes:
1. The words "any supervisory officer, or" omitted by s. 13 and The Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-6-1983).
2. Subs. by s. 13 and the Schedule, ibid., for "Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)" (w.e.f. 15-6-1983)
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