Section 49: Power to deal with suspicious article.

(1) If a company, licensed under section 45 of this Act, has reason to suspect that an article with which it is entrusted for conveyance contains anything in respect of which an offence is being committed or attempted to be committed, it shall notify the police forthwith.
(2) If the police-
(a) has reason to suspect that an article, entrusted for conveyance to a company licensed under section 45 of this Act, contains anything in respect of which an offence is being committed or attempted; or
(b)
is notified by a company under subsection (1) of this section, that an article with which it is entrusted for conveyance, contains anything in respect of which an offence is being committed or attempted to be committed,
a police officer not below the rank of a superintendent of police shall by notice in writing, require the attendance, at the office of the company where the article was received for conveyance, of the addressee and of the person, if any, who notified the police; and thereafter the article shall be opened by the addressee or his agent in the presence of an officer of the company and any other person named or referred to in the notice who attends.
(3) If the addressee of an article or his agent fails or refuses to attend in pursuance of the notice given under subsection (2) of this section or refuses to open the article, the article shall be opened by the police officer in the presence of an officer of the company and of any other person named or referred to in the notice who attends.
(4) In all cases where an article is opened under this section, it shall be given to the addressee, unless it is required for the purpose of any proceedings under this Act or any other enactment for the time being in force.
(5)
In this section, "article" includes any letter, postcard. newspaper, book, document, pamphlet, pattern or sample packet, parcel or package or other article, whatsoever that may be conveyed by a company licensed under section 45 of this Act.