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(1) An' inquiry under section 13 or section 16 Procedure in in may be held by a committee consisting of:;'W;;. and three members of the Council elected for the purpose by the 0ouncil. The Council or the committee, as the oaae may be, may at its discretion hold such inquiry in camera. l[When the inquiry is held by a committee, it ehall make a report to the Council which shall pass orders uu section 13 or section 16, as the case may be.] (2) Eor the purpose of any suchinquiry or of any appeal under seotion 16, the Council or any committee tLereof elected as aforesaid shall be deemed to be ,a Centrd court within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, Act I of 1872; and shall exercise all the powers of a Commissioner