https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175879 Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 requires the person to be searched to be informed of the option of search before the searching officer or in the presence of a nearest available gazetted officer or magistrate. The accused has no further right to choose between those two authorities; once the option is invoked, the searching officer must proceed before whichever of the two is conveniently available, without undue delay. The construction that would give the accused control over that choice was rejected as inconsistent with the plain language of the provision. en-us Mon, 22 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:30:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175879 Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 requires the person to be searched to be informed of the option of search before the searching officer or in the presence of a nearest available gazetted officer or magistrate. The accused has no further right to choose between those two authorities; once the option is invoked, the searching officer must proceed before whichever of the two is conveniently available, without undue delay. The construction that would give the accused control over that choice was rejected as inconsistent with the plain language of the provision. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 22 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175879