Summons power to compel evidence and documents affirmed; inquiries treated as judicial proceedings with penal consequences. The proper officer may summon any person to give evidence or produce documents for an inquiry, using the same procedure as a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Each such inquiry is deemed a judicial proceeding for penal-law purposes, thereby exposing false statements or related misconduct in the inquiry to criminal consequences under the penal code.
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Summons power to compel evidence and documents affirmed; inquiries treated as judicial proceedings with penal consequences.
The proper officer may summon any person to give evidence or produce documents for an inquiry, using the same procedure as a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Each such inquiry is deemed a judicial proceeding for penal-law purposes, thereby exposing false statements or related misconduct in the inquiry to criminal consequences under the penal code.
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