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 in the event of great urgency or in which a search is specially permitted by another law, a search may be conducted in the nighttime;

a search for arresting a ferocious person or important outlaw may be conducted in the nighttime, but it must be specially permitted by the Director General of the Royal Siamese Police Department or, when conducted in a province, by the commissioner of such province; as regards the chief in charge of such search, he must be the district chief or a police officer holding the rank of police sub-lieutenant or higher.

In the event that a search is conducted by virtue of a warrant, only the official named in the warrant of search or his substitute has the power to be the chief in charge of the execution of the warrant.

A private place can only be searched for finding persons or articles targeted by the search, subject to the following exceptions:

in the event that the search is for finding articles without limitation, the official conducting the search has the power to seize any articles which may be used as evidence in favour of or against an alleged offender or accused;

the official conducting the search has the power to arrest persons or [seize] other things at the place searched, when another specific warrant therefor has been obtained or in the event of a flagrant offence.