Andhra Pradesh Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1993
Andhra Pradesh Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1993
The Andhra Pradesh Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1993 empowers designated inquiry officers conducting internal disciplinary proceedings against state public servants to legally compel the attendance of witnesses and demand relevant documents. By granting civil court powers to inquiring authorities throughout Andhra Pradesh, the legislation ensures that government departmental investigations into official misconduct are thorough, transparent, and legally binding. This law matters because it strengthens public administration, preventing state employees from evading accountability by ignoring summonses or withholding crucial evidence during internal investigations.
- 1. Short title and extent
- 2. Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Authorisation of Inquiring authority to exercise the powers specified in section 5
- 5. Power to authorise inquiring authority to enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
- 6. Territorial limits in which powers specified in section 5 may be exercised
- 7. Power to make rules
- 0. Preamble
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