Section - 206. Power of police officer to impound document
(1) Any police officer or other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, if he has reason to believe that any identification mark carried on a motor vehicle or any licence, permit, certificate of registration, certificate of insurance or other document produced to him by the driver or person in charge of a motor vehicle is a false document within the meaning of section 464 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), seize the mark or document and call upon the driver or owner of the vehicle to account for his possession of or the presence in the vehicle of such mark or document.
(2) Any police officer or other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government may, if he
has reason to believe that the driver of a motor vehicle who is charged with any offence under this Act
may abscond or otherwise avoid the service of a summons, seize any licence held by such driver and
forward it to the Court taking cognizance of the offence and the said Court shall on the first appearance of
such driver before it, return the licence to him in exchange for the temporary acknowledgment given
under sub-section (3).
(3) A police officer or other person seizing a licence under sub-section (2) shall give to the person
surrendering the licence a temporary acknowledgment therefor and such acknowledgment shall authorise
the holder to drive until the licence has been returned to him or until such date as may be specified by the
police officer or other person in the acknowledgment, whichever is earlier:
Provided that if any magistrate, police officer or other person authorised by the State Government in
this behalf is, on an application made to him, satisfied that the licence cannot be, or has not been, returned
to the holder thereof before the date specified in the acknowledgment for any reason for which the holder
is not responsible, the magistrate, police officer or other person, as the case may be, may extend the period of authorization to drive to such date as may be specified in the acknowledgment.
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