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It is accordingly proposed to introduce necessary provisions in this behalf by amending the Act referred to above, In the proposed amendment it is intended to confer power on the Vigilance Commissioner to authorise by a search warrant any officer of the Commission not below the rank of Inspector of Investigation (General) and Inspector of police to search premises, seize documents, properties etc., The additional power proposed to be conferred on the Vigilance Commissioner would strengthen his hand in effectively pursuing the departmental inquiry cases and bring about the needed results. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 53 of 1981) III Amending Act 28 of 1986.- After the coming into force the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984 (Karnataka Act 4 of 1985) with effect from 6th January, 1986, the former Vigilance Commission has ceased to exist. It has, therefore, become necessary to confer the powers which were available to the Vigilance Commissioner and Officers of the Vigilance Commission under the Karnataka Departmental Enquires (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981 on the Lokayukta, Upalokayukta and officers on the Staff of the Lokayukta. Accordingly, the Karnataka Departmental Enquires Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses, Production of Documents and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Karnataka Ordinance No. 3 of 1986) was promulgated. This Bill seeks to replace the said ordinance. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 38 of 1986.) ***** KARNATAKA ACT NO. 29 of 1981. (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Fifteenth day of April, 1981) THE KARNATAKA DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (ENFORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES, PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1981 (Received the assent of the Governor on the Tenth day of April, 1981) (As amended by Acts 43 of 1981 and 28 of 1986) An Act to provide for the enforcement of attendance of witnesses and production of documents in certain departmental inquiries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the enforcement of attendance of witnesses and production of documents in certain departmental inquiries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto in the State of Karnataka; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-