law: Seeds Act, 1966
  14. Powers of Seed Inspector
  (1) The Seed Inspector may-
  (a) take samples of
  
  any seed of any notified kind or variety from-
  (i) any person selling
  
  such seed; or
  (ii) any person who is
  
  in the course of convoying, delivering or preparing to deliver such seed to a
  
  purchaser or a consignee; or
  (iii) a purchaser or a
  
  consignee after delivery of such seed to him;
  (b) send such sample
  
  for analysis to the Seed Analyst for the area within which such sample has been
  
  taken; 1
  (c) enter and search
  
  at all reasonable times, with such assistance, if any, as he considers
  
  necessary, any place in which he has reason to believe that an offence under
  
  this Act has been or is being, committed and order in writing the person in
  
  possession of any seed in respect of which the offence has been or is being
  
  committed, not to dispose of any stock of such seed for a specific period not
  
  exceeding thirty days or, unless the alleged offence is such that the defect
  
  may be removed by the possessor of the seed, seize the stock of such seed;
  (d) examine any
  
  record, register, document or any other material object found in any place
  
  mentioned in clause (c) and seize the same if he has reason to believe that it
  
  may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act;
  
  and
  (e) exercise such
  
  other powers as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act or
  
  any rule made thereunder.
  (2) Where any sample of any seed of any
  
  notified kind or variety is taken under clause (a) of sub-section (1), its
  
  cost, calculated at the rate at which such seed is usually sold to the public,
  
  shall be paid on demand to the person from whom it is taken,
  (3) The power conferred by this section
  
  includes power to break-open any container in which any seed of any notified
  
  kind or variety may be contained or to break-open the door of any promises
  
  where any such seed may be kept for sale:
  Provided that the power to break-open the door
  
  shall be exercised only after the owner or any other person in occupation of
  
  the premises, if he is present therein, refuses to open the door on being
  
  called upon to do so.
  (4) Where the Seed Inspector takes any action
  
  under clause (a) of sub-section (1), he shall, as far as possible, call not
  
  less than two persons to be present at the time when such action is taken and
  
  take their signatures on a memorandum to be prepared in the prescribed form and
  
  manner.
  (5) The provisions of the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), shall, So far as may be, apply to any search or
  
  seizure under this section as they apply to any search or seizure made under
  
  the authority of a warrant issued under section 98 of the said Code .