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14. Determination of moneys due from employers, 1 [principal employers] and Security Guard.- ( 1 ) The Board or such officer as may be specified by it in this behalf may by order, determine any sum due from any employer, 2 [principal employer] or Security Guard under this Act or any Scheme made thereunder, and for this purpose may conduct such inquiry as the Board or such officer may think to be necessary. ( 2 ) The Board or such officer conducting the inquiry under sub-section ( 1 ) shall, for the purposes of such inquiry, have the same powers as are vested in a Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), for trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely :- ( a ) enforcing the attendance of any person or examining him on oath ; (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents ; ( c ) receiving evidence on affidavit ; ( d ) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ; and any such inquiry shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purpose of section 196, of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860). ( 3 ) No order determining the sum due from any employer, 3 [principal employer] or Security Guard shall be made under sub-section ( 1 ), unless the employer, 4 [principal employer] or Security Guard, as the case may be, is given a reasonable opportunity of representing his case. ( 4 ) An order made under this section shall be final and shall not be questioned in any Court. ( 5 ) Any sum determined under this section may, if such sum is in arrears, be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.