Power to summon witnesses and cause production of documents

Power to summon witnesses and cause production of documents.―

1. (1) An Inspector, Licensing Authority or Appellate Authority shall for the purposes of this Act, have all the powers conferred on a Civil Court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:―
   • (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation;
   • (b) compelling the production of any documents;
   • (c) impounding of any documents, accounts or other records produced for reasons to be recorded in writing; and
   • (d) any other matter which may be prescribed.
2. (2) The officer who impounds the documents, accounts or registers of the money-lender shall grant a receipt of the things so impounded to the person who produced the same.