Section 139

If it appears to an authorised officer that there is reasonable cause to suspect that in any building or place or on any land there is concealed or deposited any mineral, box, trunk, receptacle, package, conveyance or thing in respect of which an offence under this

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Enactment is being or has been committed, and if he has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of delay in obtaining a search warrant under section 138 the mineral, box, trunk, receptacle, package, conveyance or thing is likely to be removed or destroyed, he may exercise in, upon, and in respect of the building, place or land all the powers mentioned in section 138 in as full and ample a manner as if he was authorised to do so by a warrant under that section.

Temporary return of seized item.