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Appointment of Land Reforms Officers.-(l) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the State Government shall appoint Land Reforms Officers, who shall be Revenue Officers of the rank of Assistant Collector of the First Grade, to carry out the purposes of this Chapter and Chapter X. (2) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) shall have the powers of Civil Court under the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, 5 of 1908 for the purpose of administering oaths, taking evidence and of enforcing the 40 H.P. TENANCY AND LAND REFORMS ACT, 1972 attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents and material objects. (3) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) shall be guided by such instructions consistent with the provisions of this Act, as the State Government may from time to time issue.