Section 25 in The U.P. Transit of Timber and Other Forest Produce Rules, 1978
25. Forest produce in transit may be stopped and examined by certain officers.
(1)Any forest produce in transit to which these Rules apply and any person, animal, vehicle, vessel or craft carrying such forest produce, may be stopped, detained, examined and checked at any place by any forest, police or revenue officer of the State Government not below the rank of Forest Guard, Sub-Inspector of Police or Kanoongo, as the case may be, if such officer shall have reasonable grounds for suspecting that any money which is due to Government in respect thereof has not been paid or that any forest offence has been or is being committed in respect thereof :Provided that no such officer shall vexatiously or unnecessarily detain any forest produce which is lawfully in transit, not vexatiously or unnecessarily unload any such forest produce or cause the same to be unloaded, for the purpose of examination.(2)The person-in-charge of such forest produce shall furnish to any such officer all the informations required by him in connection with the forest produce and he is transporting the same under a transit pass, shall produce such pass on demand for the inspection of such officer and shall not in any way prevent or resist the stoppage or examination of the said forest produce by such officer.
