law: Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for production) Act, 1985 
  8. Power to search
  
  and seize. – 
  1.     
  
    If
  
  the authorised officer has any reason to believe that,-
  a.      any article or class
  
  of articles specified in any order made under section 3 is being produced in
  
  any place in contravention of such order; or
  b.     any article or class of
  
  articles produced in contravention of such order are secreted in any place; or
  c.      any article or class
  
  of articles is liable to forfeiture under this Act, he may enter into and
  
  search such place or premises for such article, or class of articles or any power
  
  loom which in the opinion of the authorised officer may have been used for the
  
  production of such articles or class of articles.
  2.     
  
    Where,
  
  as a result of any search made under sub-section (1), any article or class of
  
  articles or any powerloom has been found that the authorised officer has reason
  
  to believe that such article or class of articles has been produced, or such
  
  power loom has been used for the production of any article or class of
  
  articles, in contravention of any order made under section 3, he may seize such
  
  article, class of articles or power loom, together with the package, covering
  
  or receptacle, if any, in which such article or class of articles is found :
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  where it is not practicable to seize any article or powerloom, the authorised
  
  officer may serve on the owner of the article or the powerloom, as the case may
  
  be, an order that he shall not remove, part with, or otherwise deal with the
  
  article or powerloom except with the previous permission of such authorised
  
  officer .
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    Where
  
  any article or powerloom is seized under sub-section (2) and no prosecution has
  
  been launched within six months of such seizure, it shall be returned to the
  
  person from whose possession it was seized.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  authorised officer may also seize any documents or things which, in his
  
  opinion, will be useful for, or relevant to, any proceeding under this Act.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  person from whose custody any documents are seized under sub-section (4) shall
  
  be entitled to make copies thereof or take extracts therefrom in the presence
  
  of the authorised officer.
  6.     
  
    If
  
  any person legally entitled to the documents or things seized under sub-section
  
  (4) objects, for any reason, to the retention by the authorised officer of the
  
  documents or things, he may make an application to the Central Government
  
  stating therein the reasons for such objection and requesting for the return of
  
  the documents or things.
  7.     
  
    On
  
  receipt. of an application under sub-section (6), the Central Government may,
  
  after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, pass such order as it
  
  may think fit.