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Power to summon wttnesses and reqmsttwn of docu- ments.-- ( 1) SubJect to such restnctions, hm1tatwns and conditiOns as may be prescnbed, the Registrar and officers subordmate to the Registrar who are authorised by him m this behalf by general or special order m wntmg, and such other officials engaged in the relief of rural mdebtedness or officers of co-operative hanks which are registered or deemed to· be registered under the Kerala Co- operative Soc1et1es Act, 1969 (21 of 1969), as the Government may, by notification m the Gazette, authorise in this . behalf shall have the same powers as are vested m a ~1vil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), when trymg a suit, in respect of the followmg matters, namely.- (a) enforcmg the attendance of any person and examm- ing him on oath or affirmation; (b) compellmg the production of documents; and (c) Issuing comm1sswns for the examination of Witnesses. . . (2) Any of the officers authorised by or under sub-section (1) may require any person present before him to furmsh any information or to produce any document then and there in hi~ possess10n ot power, and relevant to the mqmry. (3) Any officer before whom any document 1s produced under sub-section (1) or sub~sect10n (2) shall have power to take, or to authorise the takmg of, such copies of the document or of any entries therem as snch officer may consider necessary and the copies so taken shall, when certified in such manner as may be prescribed, be admissible m evidence for any purpose m the same manner and to the same extent as the ongmal document or the entries therein, as the case may be. (4) Any person who Wilfully or without reasonable excuse disobeys any summons, reqUisitiOn or order issued under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be pumshable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and m the case of a continuing disobedience . with an additiOnal fine which may extend to five rupees for every day during which such disobedience contmues after conviction for the last such dlsobed1ence. · 36.. Registration of documents executed on behalf of the Agricultural Development Bank or Pnmary Bank.- ( 1) Notwith· standing anythmg contamed in the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908); it shall riot be necessary for any Director, Managing l! • ' I ,. 151 Director, Secretary or other officer of the Agricultural Develop- ment Bank or of a pnmary bank to appear m person or by agent at any registratiOn office ll1 any proceedmgs connected w1th the registratiOn of any mstrument executed by h1m m his official capae1ty or to sign as provided in section 58 ut that AH. . (2) Where any mstrument 1s so executed, the regtstering officer who receives such instrument for regtstr atlOn may, if he thinks fit refer to such D1rector, Managing U1rector, Secretary or other officer for mformat10n respectmg the same, and, on being satisfied of the executiOn thereof, shall reg1ster the mstrument . •