Special powers of officers.

The Revenue Officers and the appellate and the revisional authorities, appointed by or under this Act, shall have all the powers of a Civil Court while trying a suit under the *[Code of Civil Procedure, Samvat 1977] in respect of the following matters, namely :––

1. (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or on solemn affirmation ;
2. (b) production and discovery of documents ;
3. (c) proof of facts by affidavits ; and
4. (d) any other matter which may be prescribed ; and every such officer or authority shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of **[sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989].