law: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
  50. Conditions under which search of
  
  persons shall be conducted.
  (1) When any officer duly authorized under section 42 is about
  
  to search any person under the provisions of section 41, section 42 or sections
  
  43, he shall, if such person so requires, take such person without unnecessary
  
  delay to the nearest Gazetted Officer of any of the departments mentioned in
  
  section 42 or to the nearest Magistrate.
  (2) If such requisition is made, the officer may detain the
  
  person until he can bring him before the Gazetted Officer or the Magistrate
  
  referred to in sub-section (1).
  (3) The Gazetted Officer or the Magistrate before whom any such
  
  person is brought shall, if he sees no reasonable ground for search, forthwith
  
  discharge the person but otherwise shall direct that search be made.
  (4) No female shall be searched by anyone excepting a female.