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Proviso added by Act No. 23 of 2000, section 5. (3) While making an order of confiscation under subsection (2), the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise 1[and / or the Deputy Commissioner of Special Enforcement Bureau and / or the Superintendent of Police or Executive Magistrate] may also order that such of the properties to which the order of confiscation relates which in his opinion need not be preserved; or are not fit for human consumption be destroyed. (4) Where the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise 1[and/or the Deputy Commissioner of Special Enforcement Bureau and/or the Superintendent of Police or Executive Magistrate] after passing an order of confiscation under subsection (2) is of the opinion that it is expedient in public interest so to do, he may order the confiscated property or any part thereof to be sold by public auction or dispose of departmentally. (5) The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise 1[and/or the Deputy Commissioner of Special Enforcement Bureau and/or the Superintendent of Police or Executive Magistrate] shall submit a full report of all particulars of confiscation to the Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise 1[the District Magistrate or Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise and /or the Commissioner, Special Enforcement Bureau, as the case may be ]within twenty four hours of such confiscation. (6) The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise 1[and/or the Deputy Commissioner of Special Enforcement Bureau and/or the Superintendent of Police or Executive Magistrate] shall, for purposes of this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908(Central Act 5 of 1908) when making enquiries under this section in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) receiving evidence on affidavits; (b) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; and (c) compelling the production of documents.