Power to enter and search for illicit distillery apparatus

(1) It shall be lawful for any Excise Officer or any person acting under the direction of the Minister, having a writ of assistance under the hand of a Judge of the Supreme Court and the Seal of the Supreme Court, or any warrant issued by a justice of the peace, or for the Proper Authority without such writ of assistance or warrant, to enter into, and search, any house, shop, cellar, warehouse, room or other place, and, in case of resistance, to break open doors, chests, trunks and other packages, and there to seize any apparatus, spirits or materials for the manufacture of spirits, unlawfully kept or deposited in any such house, shop, cellar, warehouse, room or other place. (2) All distillery apparatus, spirits, and materials for the manufacture of spirits so seized shall be forfeited and the owner or the person found in charge of any such distillery apparatus, spirits, or materials shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 48