Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Every Inquiring Authority authorised under section 4, (hereinafter referred to as “the authorised inquiry authority”) shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) the summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document or other material which is producible as evidence; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning of any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commission for the examination of witnesses or documents; (f) any such other matters as may be prescribed. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the authorised inquiring authority shall not compel, (i) the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta or any member of their staff to appear before him to give any evidence relating to any information obtained by them in the course of, or for the purposes of, any investigation under the 7Telangana Lokayukta Act, 1983 or to produce evidence recorded or collected by them in connection with such information;