Powers of the Custodian holding inquiry

Powers of the Custodian holding inquiry.-While holding an inquiry under this Act, the Custodian shall have all the powers of a civil court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing attendance of witnesses, compelling the discovery and production of documents, and shall be deemed to be

a court within the meaning of sections 480 and 482 of the

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898).