law: Passports Act, 1967
  14. Power of search and seizure
  (1) Any officer of customs empowered by a
  
  general or special order of the Central Government in this behalf and any
  
  10[officer of police or emigration officer] not below the rank of a
  
  sub-inspector may search any place and seize any passport or travel document
  
  from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has
  
  committed any offence punishable under section 12.
  (2) The provisions of the 12[Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] relating to searches and seizures shall, so far as
  
  may be, Apply to searches and seizures under this section.