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( 1 ) The Court, when making an inquiry under section 8 and any person making an investigation under section 9 shall have respectively for the purposes of such inquiry or investigation, the powers vested in a Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :- ( a ) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation ; (b) compelling the production of documents or material objects ; ( c ) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ; ( d ) taking or receiving evidence on affidavits. ( 2 ) An inquiry or investigation referred to in sub-section ( 1 ) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860).