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98 Sealing any house, room, warehouse, almirah, etc

Sealing any house, room, warehouse, almirah, etc.

98.

Where a dealer, casual dealer, transporter, carrier or transporting agent, owner or occupier or lessee of a warehouse fails to open any house, room, almirah, safe, box or receptacle for inspection under sub-section (2) of section 66, or sub-section (2) of section 70, such house, room, warehouse, almirah, cabinet, safe, locker, drawer, box or receptacle shall be sealed under section 69 by the Commissioner, Special Commissioner, Additional Commissioner or any person appointed under sub-section (1) of section 6, to assist the Commissioner, as the case may be, and such house, room, warehouse, almirah, cabinet, safe, locker, drawer, box or receptacle shall remain so sealed until the dealer, casual dealer, transporter, carrier or transporting agent, owner or occupier or lessee of a warehouse come forward to open them in presence of the authority referred to hereinabove.

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