(1) In case there is reasonable ground to believe that an offencepunishable under this Act has been committed, a Forest employee of at least upto the rank of Forest Assistant or Assistant Police Inspector rank may conduct search to any place.
(2) The person conducting search pursuant to Sub-section (1) shall search only serving notification to the owner of the place to be searched or the person immediately occupying the place about the reason of such search before entering into such place.
(3) The search to be conducted pursuant to Sub-section (1) should be carried out in the presence of at least two persons as witnesses.
(4) In case the search is to be conducted in a residential house and if any woman is in that house, information and reasonable time shall be given to get herself out of the house.
(5) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to have entitled the search employee to enter into a residential house from the moment of sun-set till
the sun rise. Explanation: For the purpose of this Section, the term “Place” includes a tent, a boat as well as vehicles of different categories.