Powers of the District Advisory Committee requiring attendance etc.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Advisory Committee or any officer exercising powers under this Act shall have the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure (1908), for the purpose of- (a) summoning and enforcing attendance of any person and examining him or her on oath as a witness ; (b) enquiring the discovery and production of any document for record; (c) receiving evidence on affidavit ; (d) requisitioning any public records or copy thereon from any court or office ; (e) issuing commission for the examination or witness of document ; (f) enforcing or executing orders including an order for restoration of possession as if such orders were decrees of a civil court; (g) remanding any case or proceeding to the officer from whose decree the appeal is preferred, and such officers shall record the substance of the evidence, if any, taken by him.