(1) If the office is informed by any person or means that any act considered as an offense under the Act has been committed or during the inspection or testing of the goods, if any action is found to have been committed as an offense under the Act, the inspector shall immediately conduct the necessary investigation and investigation so that the evidence of the offense is not destroyed. It should be started.
(2) During the investigation and investigation of the offense, the inspector shall demand the necessary documents and details of the related items from the person related to such offence, make a statement, collect evidence and if it is necessary to conduct an examination regarding the received documents and items, keep such items in their original condition and take the required amount of samples. Test should be done.
(3) If the goods sent for testing according to sub-rule (2) are proved to be healthy from the test report or if they are healthy after being treated according to rule 13, the amount of the goods as per the bill of sale shall be taken as a bond and if the goods are of a perishable nature, the goods shall be auctioned and if they are not perishable, the goods shall be compensated. Give it to the concerned person and take it under your control and keep it safe.
(4) According to sub-rule (3), if a report is received from the test of the item sent for testing, that such item is infected and cannot be treated, or if it is found that the quarantine enemy organism is present, or if the item is a prohibited item according to the Act and this regulation, such item shall be confiscated and destroyed in accordance with Rule 15. It will have to be done.
(5) After the inspector has collected the necessary evidence documents according to this rule, he shall prepare the charge sheet in the format as per schedule-16 and send it to the District Public Prosecutor of the concerned district in accordance with sub-section (3) of section 27 of the Missile Act.
(6) After receiving the opinion from the public prosecutor according to sub-rule (5), the inspector shall file the case before the investigating officer accordingly.