Investigation powers of Director General enable production, oath examination and seizure subject to magistrate authorization. The section empowers the Director General, when directed by the Commission, to investigate contraventions, require preservation and production of information, and compel assistance from officers, employees and agents of a party. The Director General may examine relevant persons on oath, apply to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi for orders to enter, search and seize documents where records may be tampered with, requisition assistance from police or Central Government officers, retain or copy seized or produced materials for specified periods, and must return them thereafter; searches and seizures otherwise follow the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Investigation powers of Director General enable production, oath examination and seizure subject to magistrate authorization.
The section empowers the Director General, when directed by the Commission, to investigate contraventions, require preservation and production of information, and compel assistance from officers, employees and agents of a party. The Director General may examine relevant persons on oath, apply to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi for orders to enter, search and seize documents where records may be tampered with, requisition assistance from police or Central Government officers, retain or copy seized or produced materials for specified periods, and must return them thereafter; searches and seizures otherwise follow the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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