Price Exploitation Prevention Act 1949
49Power to search for goods
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49 Power to search for goods Any authorized officer or any member of the police force may at any time in the day or night enter into and search any premises or vessel or part thereof, where any goods forfeited or liable to seizure under this Act are, or are supposed to be, and, if necessary for that purpose, may break into and use force to enter such premises or vessel or part, and may break open and search any chests, trunks, packages, or other things in which any such goods are or are supposed to be.