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Powers of adjudzcating officer and Appellate Board zn relatzon to holding enquzry under tins Act.-( 1) The adjudicating officer and the Appellate Board shalt, while holding an enquiry, have all the power~ of a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, l 908 (Central Act 5 of 1908 ), while trying ~ a suit, in respect of the follo\ving matters, namely:- (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) summoning and enforcing the attend,tncc of witnesses ; requiring the discovery and production of any document; requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; receiving evidence on affidavits; and issuing commissions for the examination of witnrsses or documents. ( 2) The adjudicatin~ officer or the .A.ppellate lloard s.hall, while exe1 4 ci~ing any power under th1s Act, be deemed to be a C1v1l court for the purposes of scltions 345 and 346 vf the Code of CrJminaJ Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974).