Power to summon: proper officer may require attendance and production, treated as judicial proceedings under penal law. The provision empowers the proper officer to summon any person to give evidence or produce documents or other things in any inquiry, exercising powers analogous to a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure; such inquiries are deemed judicial proceedings for the purposes of penal provisions relating to false evidence and related offences.
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Power to summon: proper officer may require attendance and production, treated as judicial proceedings under penal law.
The provision empowers the proper officer to summon any person to give evidence or produce documents or other things in any inquiry, exercising powers analogous to a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure; such inquiries are deemed judicial proceedings for the purposes of penal provisions relating to false evidence and related offences.
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