Powers of civil court

(1) In exercising the function conferred by or under this Act, the Government, the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute and the liquidator or an auditor of a society shall have all the powers of a civil court, while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters namely :- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) proof of facts by affidavits; and (d) issuing commissions for examination of witness. (2) In the case of any affidavit, any officer appointed by the Government, the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute or the liquidator, or the auditor as the case may be, may administer the oath to the deponent.