Vexatious search: unlawful searches or seizures by officers without reasonable grounds attract imprisonment or fines. An authorised officer who knowingly, without reasonable grounds, searches any premises or seizes any record, register, document or article commits an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term that may extend to one year, or a fine that may extend to ten thousand rupees, or both.
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Vexatious search: unlawful searches or seizures by officers without reasonable grounds attract imprisonment or fines.
An authorised officer who knowingly, without reasonable grounds, searches any premises or seizes any record, register, document or article commits an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term that may extend to one year, or a fine that may extend to ten thousand rupees, or both.
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