Arbitrator and authorised officer to have certain powers of civil court

The arbitrator while holding arbitration proceedings under this Act, and the authorised officer while deciding a dispute under section 19, shall have all the powers of a civil court, while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 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 or other material object which is producible as evidence ; (c) reception of evidence on affidavits ; (d) requisitioning any public record or a copy thereof from any court or office ; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents.