ifdmissio, or 'ejeqton 'of the c1aims.

(1) Aftr examining the claim -with. reference to the priority pet out in the Second Schedule, the Commissioner shall fix a certain date one or hefor&'which every claünaut shall file the proOf-of his clin,, otherwise he excludçd 1rpn the benefit of the disbursement made by the Commissioiier

(2) Not less than fourteen days' notice of the date so fixed shall be given by adverisement in one issue of a daily newspaper in the English Language andoid issue of a daily newspaper in the Regional Language js the Commissioner niay consider suitable and every such notice shall call upon the claimant to file the proof of his claim with the Commissioner within the time specified in the advertisement

(3) Any claimant who fails to file the proof of h s claim within the time specified by the Commissioner shall be excluded from the disbursement - made by the Commissioner

(4) The1Commissioner shall, after such investigation as may, in hm opinion, be necessary and ?after giving the owner of the sick textile undertaking an opportunity cJf refuting the claim and after giving the claimants a ?easonable tç opportunity of bing heard, in writing admit or reject the claim in whole or in part

(5) The Commissioner hall have the power to regulate his own procedure in aiiJ matters ansing out of the discharge or his functions, including the place or places at winch, he will hold his rittings and shall, for.the purpose of making ny ihvestigation under this Act have the same powers as are vested in a civil courtjunder the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), while trying a suit in respect of t'he following matters, namely -

(a summoning and enforcing the attcndance of any persot and examining him n oath

(b discovery and production of any document or other material object producibe as evidence

(c reception of evidence on affidavits

(d appointment of commissions for the examination of witnesses

(6) Any investigation before the Commissioner shall be deemed to be a judicial proceed1ing within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act 45 of'1860) anti the Commissioner shall be deemed to be a civil court tfor the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Propedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974)