Power to summon witnesses and documents enables officials to require attendance and production, with inquiries treated as judicial proceedings. The proper officer is empowered to summon any person to give evidence or produce documents or other things for any inquiry in the same manner as a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure; such inquiries are deemed to be judicial proceedings for the purposes of the Indian Penal Code provisions on false evidence and related offences.
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Power to summon witnesses and documents enables officials to require attendance and production, with inquiries treated as judicial proceedings.
The proper officer is empowered to summon any person to give evidence or produce documents or other things for any inquiry in the same manner as a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure; such inquiries are deemed to be judicial proceedings for the purposes of the Indian Penal Code provisions on false evidence and related offences.
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