Power of person conducting election and other inquiries

All persons authorised by rule to conduct inquiries relating to elections and all inspecting or superintending officers holding any inquiry into matters falling within the scope of their duties, shall have for the purposes of such inquiries the same powers in regard to the issue of summons for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents as are conferred upon revenue officers by the Tamil Nadu Revenue Summonses Act, 1869 (Tamil Nadu Act III of 1869) and the provisions of sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of that Act, and the rules made under that Act shall apply to summons issued and to persons summoned by virtue of the powers conferred by this section; and all persons to whom summons are issued by virtue of the said powers shall be bound to obey such summons.