(1) The Court, when making an inquiry under section 8 and any person making an investigation under section 9 shall have respectively for the purposes of such inquiry or investigation, the powers vested in a Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :-
(a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation ;
(b) compelling the production of documents or material objects ;
(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ;
(d) taking or receiving evidence on affidavits.
(2) An inquiry or investigation referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860).
(a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation ;
(b) compelling the production of documents or material objects ;
(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ;
(d) taking or receiving evidence on affidavits.
(2) An inquiry or investigation referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860).
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