Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 153. Inspection of weights and measures
(1) Any officer in charge of a police station may, without a warrant, enter any place within the limits of such station for the purpose of inspecting or searching for any weights or measures or instruments for weighing, used or kept therein, whenever he has reason to believe that there are in such place any weights, measures or instruments for weighing which are false.
(2) If he finds in such place any weights, measures or instruments for weighing which are false, he may seize the same, and shall forthwith give information of such seizure to a Magistrate having jurisdiction.
CHAPTER XII INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THEIR POWERS TO INVESTIGATE
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