Section 45

in the shoulder note, by substituting for the words

“and search” the words “, search and seize”;

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1)  If a forest officer not below the rank of

Forester, an authorized officer or a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any conveyance is carrying any forest produce, receptacle, package, machinery, tool, equipment, book, record, document or other thing in respect of which a forest offence is being or has been committed, the forest officer not below the rank of Forester, the authorized officer or the police officer may stop and search the conveyance and may, if on examination he has reasonable cause

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to believe that the conveyance is or has been used in the commission of such offence, seize the conveyance and any forest produce, receptacle, package, machinery, tool, equipment, book, record, document or other thing found in the conveyance that is reasonably believed to furnish evidence of the commission of such offence.”;

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words “the forest officer or police officer” wherever appearing the words

“the forest officer not below the rank of Forester, the authorized officer or the police officer”;

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2a)  The forest officer not below the rank of

Forester, the authorized officer or the police officer may, in the exercise of his powers under this section, if it is necessary to do so, detain any person found in the conveyance until the search is completed.”; and

by deleting subsection (3).

Amendment of section 93