Duty of certain persons to assist in inquiry

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(1) All officers, members and past members of the society in respect of which the inquiry is being held, and any other person who in the opinion of the officer holding the inquiry is in possession of information, books and documents relating to the society, shall furnish such information as is in their possession and shall produce all books and documents relating to the society which are in their custody or under their power and shall otherwise give to the officer holding the inquiry all such assistance as they can reasonably give. (2) If any such person refuses to produce to the Registrar or to any person authorised by the Registrar under sub-section (1) of section 59, any such book or document which it is the duty of that person to produce or refuses to answer any question which may be put to him by the Registrar or the person authorised by him, the Registrar or the person authorised by the Registrar may certify the refusal and after hearing any statement which may be made in rebuttal, the Registrar may punish the defaulter with penalty not exceeding Rs. 1,000. Any sum imposed as a penalty under this section shall, on application by the Registrar or by the person authorised by him to a Magistrate having jurisdiction, be recovered by the Magistrate as if it were a fine imposed by himself.

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