RULE 203. Police to take charge of articles seized

All officers in charge of police stations shall take charge of and keep in safe custody, pending the orders of the Magistrate or of the adjudicating Central Excise Officer, all things seized under the Act or these Rules which may be delivered to them and shall allow any officer who may accompany such goods to the police station, or who may be deputed for the purpose by his superior officer, to affix his seal to such things or to take samples of and from them. All samples so taken shall also be sealed with the seal of the officer-in-charge of the police station.