Powers of Board of Revenue etc., to summon and examine witnesses

The Board of Revenue, the D1slliCt Collector and the compensatiOn officer shall, for the purposes of thh Act, have all the powers of civ1l court when tryJ11g a su1t under the Code of C1vd Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) In respect of the following matters, namely :-- (a) summoning and enforcing, the attenddnce of any person and cxaminmg htm on Oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document ; (c) receiving evidence on affidav1t, and (d) requiSltJOnmg any pubhc record or copy the1eof from any court or office.