https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278376 Chapter V of the NDPS Act applies as a special procedural code for warrants, arrest, search and seizure to the extent of inconsistency with the Criminal Procedure Code, while the Code continues only where the Act is silent. The text distinguishes mandatory safeguards from directory procedural steps: recording prior information and forwarding it to a superior officer is mandatory when acting on advance information; Section 50 requires informing the person searched of the option to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate; and Sections 52(1) and 57 are mandatory. By contrast, Sections 52(2), 52(3) and 55 are directory, and Section 50 applies to search of a person, not premises. en-us Fri, 30 Sep 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:25:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278376 Chapter V of the NDPS Act applies as a special procedural code for warrants, arrest, search and seizure to the extent of inconsistency with the Criminal Procedure Code, while the Code continues only where the Act is silent. The text distinguishes mandatory safeguards from directory procedural steps: recording prior information and forwarding it to a superior officer is mandatory when acting on advance information; Section 50 requires informing the person searched of the option to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate; and Sections 52(1) and 57 are mandatory. By contrast, Sections 52(2), 52(3) and 55 are directory, and Section 50 applies to search of a person, not premises. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Sep 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278376