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Power of investigation of officers of Bureau

Misuse of Drugs Act 1973

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—(1) In any case relating to the commission of an offence under this Act, an officer of the Bureau has all the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in relation to an investigation into a seizable offence.(1A) Where any search is conducted by an officer of the Bureau under section 24 or 26 in relation to a drug specified in the Fifth Schedule or any substance containing such drug, the officer may examine orally any person found within the place searched and section 22 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 applies, with the necessary modifications, to any statement made by any person so examined.(2) In any case relating to the commission of an offence under the regulations —(a)where the offence is seizable, an officer of the Bureau has all the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in relation to an investigation into a seizable offence; and(b)where the offence is non-seizable, an officer of the Bureau has all the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in relation to an investigation into a non-seizable offence.(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2)(a), when an officer of the Bureau is exercising the powers of a police officer under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, the officer of the Bureau is deemed to be an officer not below the rank of inspector of police.

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