Section 7:
Power to make rules conferring powers of inspection, search, seizure, detention and removal.
(1) The Central Government 1*** may make rules consistent with this Act authorising any
officer, either by name or in virtue of his office.--
(a) to enter, inspect and examine 2[any place, aircraft, carriage or vessel] in which an
explosive is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold, 3[transported, imported or exported]
under a license granted under this Act, or in which he has reason to believe that an explosive has
been or is being manufactured, possessed, used, sold, 3[transported, imported or exported] in
contravention of this Act or of the rules made under this Act;
(b) to search for explosives therein;
(c) to take samples of any explosive found therein on payment of the value thereof; and
4[(d) to seize, detain and remove any explosive or ingredient thereof found therein and, if
necessary, also destroy such explosive or ingredient.]
(2) The provisions of the 5[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] relating to searches under
that Code shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to searches by officers authorised by rules under
this section.
Notes:
1. The words "or the Local Government with the previous sanction of the Governor-General in Council" omitted by the A.O.
1937.
2. Subs. by Act 32 of 1978, s. 9, for "any place, carriage or vessel" (w.e.f. 2 -3-1983).
3. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for "transported or imported" (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).
4. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for clause (d) (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).
5. Subs. by s. 9, ibid., for "Code of Criminal Procedure (10 of 1882)" (w.e.f. 2-3-1983).