(1) The investigation officer shall, while entering into someone’s house or compound for the purpose of search in the course of an inquiry or investigation, give notice of the search and prepare a seizure report of the goods seized, if any.
(2) For the purpose of Sub Rule (1) the format of search notice shall be as prescribed in Schedule-6 and seizure report in Schedule-7.

(3) The investigation officer shall, if he/she needs to take with him/her the cash, kind or any other goods seized during search conducted as per Sub-rule (1), prepare the receipt (acknowledgement) of his/her taking away of such goods and shall hand the paper over to the official of the bank, financial institution and non financial institution if the search is conducted in such institution. If the search is conducted elsewhere, the receipt (acknowledgement) shall be given to the land owner or the owner of the goods or the person taking charge of the goods. If such concerned person is not available or if such person does not accept to receive such receipt (acknowledgement), the investigation officer shall hand it over to the representative of the local body.

(4) If the representative of the local body as mentioned in Sub Rule (3) is not available, the receipt shall be posted in the spot where the seizure report is created and it shall be mentioned in the seizure report.

(5) Posting of the receipt (acknowledgement) as prescribed in Sub-rule (4) shall be deemed as concerned person receiving the acknowledgement.