Bare Act
The Manipur Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1989
This Act empowers inquiring authorities conducting departmental inquiries in Manipur to effectively gather evidence and compel witness testimony. It applies to disciplinary proceedings into misconduct by state public servants, employees of local authorities, government-owned corporations, state-controlled government companies, and registered societies. By granting inquiring officers powers similar to a civil court—such as summoning witnesses, examining them under oath, and demanding public records—the law ensures thorough, binding investigations into official misconduct. This law matters because it promotes integrity and accountability within public administration by giving disciplinary bodies the legal authority to conduct comprehensive inquiries while protecting sensitive banking records.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Power of State Government to authorise the inquiring authority specified in section 5
- 5. Powers of inquiring authority to enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
- 6. Power to make rules
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