law: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
  33. Search warrants. -
  (1) If a magistrate of the first or second
  
  class or a presidency magistrate or a sub-divisional magistrate or a
  
  commissioner of police, or district superintendent of police, upon information
  
  in writing, and after such inquiry as he thinks necessary, has reason to
  
  believe that an offence under this Act is being, or is about to be, or has been
  
  committed in any place, he may either himself enter and search or by his
  
  warrant authorize any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector to
  
  enter an search the place.
  (2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1898, relating to searches shall, so far as those provisions can be
  
  made applicable, apply to searches under this Act.