law: Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 
  15. Search without warrant 
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the
  
  time being in force, whenever the special police officer 43[or the
  
  trafficking police officer, as the case may be,] has reasonable grounds for
  
  believing that an offence punishable under this Act has been or is being Committed
  
  in respect of a 26[person] living in any premises, and that search
  
  of the premises with warrant cannot be made without undue delay, such officer
  
  may, after recording the grounds of his belief, enter and search such premises
  
  without a warrant.
  (2) Before making a search under sub-section (1), the special
  
  police officer 43[or the trafficking Police officer, as the case may
  
  be] shall call upon two or more respectable inhabitants (at least one of whom
  
  shall be a woman) of the locality in which the place to be searched is situate
  
  to attend and witness the search and may issue an order in writing to them or
  
  any of them so to do:
   44  [Provided that the requirement as to the
  
  respectable inhabitants being from the locality in which the place to be
  
  searched is situate shall not apply to a woman required to attend and witness
  
  the search.]
  (3) Any person who, without reasonable cause, refuses or
  
  neglects, to attend and witness a search under this section, when called upon
  
  to do so by an order in writing delivered or tendered to him, shall be deemed
  
  to have committed an offence under section 187 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
  
  1860).
   45  [(4) The special police officer or the trafficking police
  
  officer, as the case may be, entering any premises under sub-section (1) shall
  
  be entitled to remove there from all the persons found therein.]
  (5) The special police officer, 47[or the trafficking
  
  police officer, as the case may be, after removing 46[the 23[person]]
  
  under sub-section (4) shall forthwith produce him, before the appropriate
  
  magistrate.
   23  [(5A) Any person who is produced before a magistrate under
  
  sub-section (5), shall be examined by a registered medical practitioner for the
  
  purposes of determination of the age of such person, or for the detection of
  
  any injuries as a result of sexual abuse or for the presence of any sexually
  
  transmitted diseases.
   Explanation  - In this sub-section, "registered medical
  
  practitioner" has the same meaning as in the Indian Medical Council Act,
  
  1956 (102 of 1956.]
  (6) The special police officer 47[or the trafficking
  
  police officer, as the case may be,] and other persons taking part in, or
  
  attending and witnessing a search shall not be liable to any civil or criminal
  
  proceedings against them in respect of anything lawfully done in connection
  
  with, or for the purpose of, the search.
   47  (6A) The special police officer or the trafficking police
  
  officer, as the case may be, making a search under this section shall be
  
  accompanied by at least two women police officers, and where any woman or girl
  
  removed under sub-section (4) is required to be interrogated, it shall be done
  
  by a woman police officer and if no woman police officer is available, the
  
  interrogation shall be done only in the presence of a lady member of a recognized
  
  welfare institution or organization.
  Explanation. -  Forthe purpose of this sub-section and
  
  section 17A, "recognized welfare institution or organization" meant
  
  such institution or organization as may be recognized in this behalf by the
  
  State Government.]
   44  [7] The provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  
  (2 of 1974), shall, so far as may be, apply to any search under this section as
  
  they apply to any search made under the authority of a warrant issued under
  
  section 94 of the said code.]