8. Amendment of section 18. - In section 18 of the principal Act,- (i) in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that no search of any person shall be made unless, in relation to the scheduled offence, a report has been forwarded to a Magistrate under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or a complaint has been filed by a person authorised to investigate the offence mentioned in the Schedule, before a Magistrate or court for taking cognizance of the scheduled offence, as the case may be.";
(ii) in sub-section (9), the proviso shall be omitted.
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