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Power to authorise inquiring authority to enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents—(1) Every Inquiring Authority authorised under section 4, (hereinafter referred to as the “authorised inquiring authority”) shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (Central Act V of 1908.) while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:— (a) the summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document or other material which is producible as evidence; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning of any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commission for the examination of witnesses or documents; (f) any such other matters as may be prescribed. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the authorised inquiring authority shall not compel, (i) the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta or any member of their staff to appear before him to give any evidence relating to any information obtained by them in the course of, or for the purposes of, any investigation under the Andhra Pradesh Lokyukta and Upa-Lokayukta Act, 1983 Act 11 of 1983 or to produce evidence recorded or collected by them in connection with such information; (ii) the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India, and subsidiary banks as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959,Central Act 38 of 1959 any corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 Central Act5 of 1970 or the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 Central Act 40 of 1980 or a Regional Rural Bank established under section 3 of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976, Central Act 21 of 1976 the Industrial Development Bank of India established under section 3 of the Industrial Development Bank of India Act, 1964, Central Act 18 of 1964 the Export-Import Bank of India established under section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act, 1981, Central Act 28 of 1981 the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development established under section 3 of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981, Central Act 61 of 1981, The Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India established under section 3 of the Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Act, 1984, Central Act 62 of 1984 the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India established under the Indian Companies Act, 1913 the Industrial Finance Corporation established under section 3 of the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act, 1948, Central Act 15 of