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Powers of the prescribed authority to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and other persons:- the prescribed authority shall have all the powers of a Civil Court under Rules for administration ofjustice and police in Nagaland 1973, and in the spirit of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 while trying a suit in respect the following matters, namely:- (1) Summoning and enforcing attendance of the complaint of the person against whom complaint is made under this Act and witnesses required in connection therewith; (2) Compelling the production of any document; and (3) Examining witnesses on oath. And may summon and examine suo mot0 any person whose evidence appears to be material. Explanation:- For purposes of enforcing attendance of witness any other persons mentioned above, the local limits of the jurisdiction of the prescribed authority extends to the whole of the State.