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| (1) Whenever any officer in charge of a police station or an inquirer making an investigation in a cognizable case considers that the production of any document or thing is necessary to the conduct of the investigation, and there is reason to believe that a person to whom summons or order under section 66 has been or might be issued will not produce such document or other thing as directed in the summons or order, or when such document or other thing is not known to be in the possession of any person, such officer or inquirer may search or cause search to be made for the same in any place. |
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| (2) Such officer or inquirer shall if practicable conduct the search in person. |
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| (3) If he is unable to conduct the search in person and there is no other person competent to make the search present at the time, he may require any Grama Seva Niladhari to make the search and he shall deliver to such Grama Seva Niladhari an order in writing specifying the document or other thing for which search is to be made and the place to be searched, and such Grama Seva Niladhari may thereupon search for such thins in such place. |
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| (4) The provisions of this Code as to search warrants and searches thereupon shall so far as may be apply to a search made under this section. |
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