Power of persons making inquiry under sections 8 and 9.

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Chapter III COMPUTATION OF FEES

Statutory text

(1) The Court, when making an inquiry under section 8 and any person making an investigation under section 9 shall have respectively for the purposes of such inquiry or investigation, the powers vested in a Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :-
- (a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation ;
- (b) compelling the production of documents or material objects ;
- (c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ;
- (d) taking or receiving evidence on affidavits.
(2) An inquiry or investigation referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860).

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