Powers of civil court.

(1) In exercising the functions conferred on him by or under this Act, the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute under section 73 and the liquidator of a co-operative society or person entitled to audit, inspect or hold any inquiry shall have all the powers of civil court while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) proof of facts by affidavit; and (d) issuing commission for examination of witnesses. (2) In the case of an affidavit, any officer appointed by the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute and the liquidator, as the case may be, may administer oath to the deponent.