Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
DeterminatiOn of the amount due.—( I) The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer authorised by the Board in this behaii may after making such inquiry as may be necessary and after giving every person liable fo pay contribution under 29 section 4, an opportunity of being heard, by order determine the amount of contribution due under the provisions of this Act or the scheme: (2) The Officer conducting an enquiry under sub-section (1), shall, for the purposes of such enquiry, have the same powers as are vested in 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:- enforce the attendance of any persoil and examine him on oath; requiring the discovery and production of documents; (e) receiving evi4ence on affidavits; (d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses. (3) Any enquiry under this section shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of Indian Penal Code (Central Act 45 of 1860) and coming tm&r the purview of section 196 of the said Code. (4) Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, prefer an appeal before the Labour Commissioner or an Officer, not below the rank of the District Labour Officer of the Labour Department authorised by him in this behalf, and such officer may, after making such enquiry, pass such orders thereon as he thinks fit. (5) The Government may, either suo motu or on application of the aggrieved person, call for the records of any proceedings of the Labour Commissioner or the officer authorised by him under sub-section (4) and make such enquiry andpass such orders as they deem fit: Provided that, an application for revision under this sub-section shall be made within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, by the applicant: Provided fluther that, no order shall be passed under the sub-section, without giving the person who may be affected thereby, an opportunity of being heard.