Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette invest any officer deputed by them to make an enquiry into any matter of public interest [x x x x] with power to summon any person to appear before such officer or to produce any document or thing in the possession or under the control of such person, the production of which in the opinion of such officer is necessary for the conduct of such enquiry, and thereupon the provisions of sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall apply in regard to such enquiry.] [(2) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, invest any officer deputed by them to make an enquiry into the conduct of any public servant with the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document., (b) receiving evidence on affidavits., (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (f) any other matter which may be specified in the notification.] Renumbered by Act 10 of 1962. Omitted by ibid. Added by Act 10 of 1962.