law: Cigarettes (Regulations of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975
  9.Power of seize.-
  (1) If any police
  
  officer, not below the rank of a sub-inspector, has any reason to believe that,
  
  in respect of any package of cigarettes, the provisions of this Act have been,
  
  or are being, contravened, he may seize such package.
  (2) No package of
  
  cigarettes seized under sub-section (1) shall be retained by any officer for a
  
  period exceeding ninety days from the date of the seizure unless the approval
  
  of the District Judge, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such
  
  seizure has been made, has been obtained for such retention.