RULE 200. Power to stop and search vessels, carts, etc., and to seize goods which appear to be contraband

-(1) Any officer, who is in Central Excise uniform, or who possesses a card showing his identity, may, if duly empowered by the Commissioner, require any person who is in immediate possession, control or use of any vessel, cart, or other means of conveyance, to stop such vessel, cart, or other means of conveyance, and search it, for excisable goods, saltpetre or composition for match-heads for the manufacture of matches, and may seize and remove or detain any such goods or articles in respect of which it appears to him that duty should have, but has not, been levied, or that any contravention of the provisions of the Act or these Rules has occurred.

(2) If any such person fails to comply with such requirement, such officer may use any reasonable means to compel compliance, and the said person shall be punishable with a penalty which may extend to two thousand rupees.