Collector and competent authority to have certain powers of Civil Court.

The Collector and the competent authority shall have, for the purposes of this Act, 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:-

1. (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
2. (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
3. (c) reception of evidence on affidavits;
4. (d) requisitioning any public record from any court or office;
5. (e) issuing commission for examination of witnesses.