Sec. 25. When the department has reason to believe that any cigarettes are being kept, sold, offered for sale, or given away in violation of this chapter, an officer of the department may make affidavit of such fact, describing the place or thing to be searched before a court of competent jurisdiction, and the judge thereof shall issue a search warrant directed to the sheriff, constable, police officer, or authorized agent of the department commanding him to search any place or vehicle that may be designated in the affidavit and search warrant, and to seize any cigarettes so possessed and to hold the same, and to arrest the person in control or possession of the same. If upon the return of the warrant it shall appear that cigarettes were seized the same shall be sold according to law.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.222, s.24. As amended by P.L.2-1988, SEC.31.
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