Power to summon and examine witnesses.

67. Power to summon and examine witnesses. Any officer empowered under this Act to conduct any enquiry, may exercise all such powers connected with the summoning and examining of witnesses and the production of documents as are conferred on a civil court, by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and every such enquiry shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding for purposes of sections 193 and 224 of the Indian Penal Code.