Section 32
Section 32
(1)
The Registrar, an Assistant Registrar or any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent may without warrant, enter into and search any place and inspect and examine any equipment, materials, records and any other thing to ensure that any requirements of, and to ascertain whether the provisions of, this Act or any regulations made thereunder are complied with.
(2)
The Registrar, an Assistant Registrar or any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent entering into such a place as referred to in subsection (1) may seize and detain any article found therein which he has reason to believe may be required in respect of any proceedings under this Act.
(3)
The Registrar, an Assistant Registrar or any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent may without warrant, with or without assistance and using reasonable force if necessary —
(a)
enter into any place in which he has reason to believe that a meeting of any unlawful society or of persons who are members of an unlawful society is being held, or that any article belonging to an unlawful society is concealed, kept or deposited;
(b)
arrest or cause to be arrested all persons found in any such place and search that place; and
(c)
seize or cause to be seized any article which he has reasonable cause to believe to belong to an unlawful society or to be in any way connected therewith.
(4)
All persons arrested and all articles seized, under subsection (2), may be detained in custody and brought before a court to be dealt with according to law.
Societies 33
Power of Registrar or Assistant Registrar to summon witnesses and to investigate.