62. Powers in relation to unlawful societies. (1) Any peace officer, and any police officer authorised in writing by a peace officer, may enter with or without assistance any house or building or into any place in which he or she has reason to believe that a meeting of an unlawful society, or of persons who are members of an unlawful society, is being held, and arrest or cause to be arrested all persons found therein and search such house, building or place, and seize or cause to be seized all insignia, banners, arms, books, papers, documents and other property which he or she may have reasonable cause to believe to belong to any unlawful society or to be in any way connected with the purpose of the meeting. (2) For the purposes of this section, “peace officer” means any magistrate or any police officer not below the rank of assistant superintendent of police. 63. Disposition of property of unlawful societies. (1) When a society is declared to be an unlawful society by an order of the Minister, the following consequences shall ensue— (a) the property of the society within Uganda shall forthwith vest in an officer appointed by the Minister; (b) the officer appointed by the Minister shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the society, and after satisfying and providing for all debts and liabilities of the society and the cost of the winding up, if there shall then be any surplus assets shall prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme for the application of such surplus assets; (c) such scheme, when submitted for approval, may be amended by the Minister in such way as he or she shall think proper in the circumstances of the case; (d) the approval of the Minister to such scheme shall be denoted by the endorsement thereon of a memorandum of such approval signed by him or her, and upon this being done, the surplus assets, the subject of the scheme, shall be held by such officer upon the terms and to the purposes thereby prescribed; (e) for the purpose of the winding up, the officer appointed by the Minister shall have all the powers vested in the official receiver for the purpose of the discovering of the property of a debtor and the realisation thereof.