section 15
Powers of competent authority and Revenue Divisional Officer.
The Kerala Restriction on Transfer by and Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1999General199923 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The competent authority and Revenue Divisional Officer while making inquiries under this Act shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under 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;
- (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
- (c) any other matter which may be prescribed.
- (2) The decisions of the competent authority and the Revenue Divisional Officer under this Act shall have the force of a decree of a civil court and shall be executed through the civil court having jurisdiction over the area in which the land is situate.
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