law: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976
  16. Seizure of article or currency received in
  
  contravention of the Act
  If any gazetted officer, authorized in this
  
  behalf by the Central Government, by general or special order, has any reason
  
  to believe that any person has in his possession or control any article
  
  exceeding rupees one thousand in value, or currency, whether Indian or foreign,
  
  in relation to which any provision of this Act has been, or is being,
  
  contravened, he may seize such article or currency.