1[l22. (1) The 9[Commissioner] or Collector or any Prohibition Officer duly
empowered in this behalf by the State Government or any Police Officer may-
(a) require a licensed manufacturer or vendor or tapper or drawer of toddy or
a person in the employ of such manufacturer or vendor or tapper or drawer of
toddy or with his express or implied permission on his behalf to produce the
licence, permit, pass or authorisation issued under this Act under which he carries
on the manufacture, storage, or sale of any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers or
molasses or taps, toddy-producing trees or draws toddy therefrom;
(b) enter and inspect, at any time by day or by night, any land on which toddy-producing trees are growing, whether such trees are licensed for tapping or not,
and any warehouse, godown, shop or premises in which any licensed manufacturer
or vendor manufactures, stores, or sells any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers
or molasses and examine, test, measure or weight any stock of any such articles
or cause any such stock to be examined, tested, measured or weighed.
(2) If any officer mentioned in sub-section (1) finds that the holder of a licence,
permit, pass or authorization issued under this Act, or a person in the employ of
such holder or acting with his express or implied permission on his behalf wilfully
does or omits to do anything, which is an offence under this Act, such officer may
seize any intoxicant, hemp, mhowra flowers or molasses or any material or article
in respect of which the offence is committed any document or other article which he
has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence under
this Act and send a report to his official superior for such action as he deems fit].