Power of Authority to appoint Enquiry Officer.

(1) The Authority may appoint any of its officer or, in consultation with Government, such officer as may be nominated by the Government, as Enquiry Officer for the purposes of making any inquiry under this Act: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the Authority to conduct any inquiry on its own. (2) The Authority or the Enquiry Officer appointed under sub-section (1), shall have the powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely:- (i) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (ii) requiring the discovery and production of documents;