law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  41. Power of search,
  
  seizure, investigation, prosecution and procedure thereof. - 
  1.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (2) of section 31, the Food Safety Officer
  
  may search any place, seize any article of food or adulterant, if there is a reasonable
  
  doubt about them being involved in commission of any offence relating to food,
  
  and shall thereafter inform the Designated Officer of the actions taken by him
  
  in writing: Provided that no search shall be deemed to be irregular by reason
  
  only of the fact that witnesses for the search are not inhabitants of the
  
  locality in which the place searched is situated.
  2.     
  
    Save
  
  as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, provisions of the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 relating to search, seizure, summon, investigation and
  
  prosecution, shall apply, as far as may be, to all action taken by the Food
  
  Safety Officer under this Act.