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Section 47 - Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021
47. Power to search and seize records, etc.-
(1) If the appropriate authority has reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed at any surrogacy clinic or any other place, such authority or any officer authorised in this behalf may, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, enter and search at all reasonable times with such assistance, if any, as such authority or officers considers necessary, such surrogacy clinic or any other place and examine any record, register, document, book, pamphlet, advertisement or any other material object found therein and seize and seal the same if such authority or officer has reason to believe that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act.
(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) relating to search and seizure shall apply, as far as may be, to all action taken by the appropriate authority or any officer authorised by it under this Act.
Related Sections
- Section 32: Temporary association of persons with State Board for particular purposes
- Section 35: Appointment of appropriate authority
- Section 20: Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Board
- Section 10: Prohibition of abortion
- Section 23: Authentication of orders and other instruments of Board
Related Acts
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
- National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013