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(i)
a radio apparatus or an interference causing apparatus not
permitted under this Act has been kept or is being used in
that place; or
(ii)
a telecommunication system or a telecommunication
apparatus not permitted under this Act has been kept in that
place; or
(iii)
a telecommunication service is being provided or a radio
apparatus has been installed or is being operated in that
place without necessary licence or permit or in violation of
a condition thereof;
(b)
examine such apparatus, if found;
(c)
examine any log book, report, data, record, bill or any other
document found in that place, if he, on reasonable grounds,
believes that such examination is necessary for implementation of
any provision of this Act or regulations or any direction or
directive of the Commission, and he may take copies or
photocopies of the whole or part of the document, or may also take
necessary extract from it;
(d)
inquire the occupier or user of, or the person having control over,
the said system or apparatus, and may arrest him and also seize the
apparatus if the inspector believes that the said occupier, user or
person having control may abscond or,
as the case may be, the
apparatus may be removed or destroyed;
(e)
recommend to the Commission for seizure of an apparatus which is
not permitted for use in a particular telecommunication system or
for providing a particular service.
(2)
The Commission may, upon consideration of the recommendation made
under sub-section (1)(e) seize the said apparatus, and if the apparatus so seized is not
apparently owned by any person, it shall vest in the Commission, and if, wi thin 60 (sixty)
days of such seizure, any person claims ownership of the apparatus, the Commission
may, after necessary inquiry, return it to the claimant or take such other action as it
considers appropriate.
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