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| (1) Where a peace officer has reasonable grounds for believing that any person has committed an offence under this Act, he may"
| | (a) require such person to produce for his inspection, any excisable article in his possession, or certificate of registration, or other document, issued to him, or required to be kept by him, under the provisions of this Act; | | |
| | (b) stop and search any person or any boat, vessel or vehicle and open and examine any package or container found on such person or carried in such boat, vessel or vehicle ; | | |
| | (c) seize any excisable article in the possession of any such person and appearing to such officer to be an article in respect of which an offence is being committed; | | |
| | (d) seize any document in the possession of any such person which may be produced in evidence of the offence; | | |
| | (e) unless he is satisfied that such person will appear and answer any charge preferred against him, arrest and detain such person without warrant and seize anything in his possession which may be produced in evidence of his offence ; or | | |
| | (f) seize any boat, vessel, vehicle, or any other article or equipment which appears to such officer to have been used in the commission of the offence, or which may be produced in evidence of the offence. | | |
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| | (i)"vehicle" includes any carriage, coach, car. motor car, motor cycle, omnibus, tractor, lorry, bicycle or other mechanically propelled vehicle ; and | | |
| | (ii) "vessel" includes an aircraft. | | |
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