Power to summon persons for evidence and documents classifies administrative inquiries as judicial proceedings under penal consequences. Section 70 authorises the proper officer to summon persons to give evidence or produce documents or other things in inquiries, exercising that power in the same manner as a civil court, and declares every such inquiry to be judicial proceedings for purposes of penal liability for false statements or evidence.
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Power to summon persons for evidence and documents classifies administrative inquiries as judicial proceedings under penal consequences.
Section 70 authorises the proper officer to summon persons to give evidence or produce documents or other things in inquiries, exercising that power in the same manner as a civil court, and declares every such inquiry to be judicial proceedings for purposes of penal liability for false statements or evidence.
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