WITNESSES, PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT
The Karnataka Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses, Production of Documents and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981
This law governs how departmental inquiries are conducted in Karnataka, specifically focusing on enforcing the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents. It applies to public servants, employees of local authorities, corporations, and government companies. The Act empowers the inquiring authority to summon witnesses and request documents, giving them powers similar to a civil court. This ensures that disciplinary proceedings against government employees are fair and thorough by allowing the inquiry to gather necessary evidence effectively, thereby maintaining accountability and due process within the state's administrative framework.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply.- The provisions of this
- 3. Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,-
- 4. Power of State Government to authorise the exercise of powers specified in
- 5. Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf.
- 6. Act, shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purpose of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(Central Act 2 of 1974).
- 6A. Issue of search warrant etc
- 7. Power to make rules
- 8. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Karnataka Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of
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