12. Power of the Chief District Officer to search, seize : If any Chief District Officer is on reliable suspicion that any person having domicile within his/her jurisdiction has in his/her possession any arms or ammunition without a licence or for illegal purpose, or the Chief District Officer is in the belief that it is not proper to let keep such arms or ammunition in his/her possession for the sake of public peace he/she may, after having given a reasoned decision and on the basis of such reason, seize any sort of arms or ammunition whether licenced or not and conduct or cause to conduct search of the house and land of any person or of other place suspected.
The Chief District Officer in order to conduct or cause to conduct suchsearch should perform or cause to perform such search by keeping the employee of any other office as witness.