18. Any Police-officer, or any other person duly authorized by the Government in this behalf, who has reason to believe that an offence against section 10 is being committed in respect of any animal shall seize and take it, together with its load, if any, and the person in charge of the animal, to the weighbridge, if any, appointed for the area, within which such seizure is made, or in the case of there being no weighbridge appointed for the area, to the nearest police station, and shall remove the load forthwith and report the fact of such seizure to the Veterinary Inspector in charge of that area.