Appointment of officers for certain purposes

(1) The Government may appoint an officer not below the rank of a Revenue Inspector for bringing to the notice of the Land Tribunal or the Land Board any fact or information required by the Land Tribunal or the Land Board, as the case may be, or for moving the Land Tribunal or the Land Board for taking any action under the provisions of this Act.

(2) The Land Tribunal or the Land Board may depute the officer appointed under sub-section (1) to make local enquiry, investigation or inspection and to collect any data, and the report and the records submitted by such officer may be used, without examining him, as evidence in the proceedings before the Land Tribunal or the Land Board.

(3) The Land Tribunal or the Land Board may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine any officer referred to in sub-section (2).