(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the 2[ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974 ), any police officer not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, or any other officer of the Central Government Government authorised by the Central Government in this behalf may enter any public place and search and arrest without warrant any person found therein who is reasonably suspected of having committed or of committing or of being about to commit a contravention of the provisions of sub- section (1) of section 8. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub- section, the expression" public place" includes any public conveyance, any hotel, any shop or any other place intended for use by, or accessible to, the public.