(2)Any Magistrate and, for special reasons which shall be recorded in writing at the time, the Commissioner or the Deputy [Director-General and Inspector-General], Criminal Investigation Department, or the Principal of [the Police [Training College or School] ] or any [Superintendent], Assistant Superintendent, or Deputy Superintendent may issue a warrant to search for and seize, wherever they be found, any certificate, arms, accoutrements, clothing or other necessaries not so delivered up. Every warrant so issued shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of the [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898] by a Police Officer or, if the Magistrate, the Commissioner, the Deputy [Director-General and Inspector-General] Criminal Investigation Department, the Principal of [the Police [Training College or School] ], the [Superintendent], the Assistant Superintendent" or the Deputy Superintendent issuing the warrant so directs, by any other person.Saving of certain articles
