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Subject ro the provisions of this Act and any rules made Powers or orficers hcreundcr, any officer in dcaIing with proceedings undcr his Acr shall dcdng wilh 5 of 1908, cxcrcisc h e powcrs of a Civil Courr undcr thc Code of Civil Procedure, p r o f c c d i n ~ undcr this 1908, for h e purpose of- ACI. (a) summoning and enforcing he attendance of any person and examining him on oath as a wilness, (b) requiring lhc discovery and production of any docurncnr or record, 'Sec foot-nole 6 on page 658. ntrte. 'Sub-section (5) was added by s, 5 l(3) ofthc\Vat Bengal Land Rerorms (Anvndmcnt) Act, 1981 (Wcst Bcn. A n L of 1981). w.c.f. 7.8,69. 'The words "or to the A d d i ~ i o d Disuicl Magismre" were fint insencd by s. 27(i) of thc WCSL Bcngal Land Rcfonu (Aincndmcnl) Acl. 1972 w e s t Bcn. Act XI1 of 1972). Thcreahcr, thc words within thc square bnckcts wcrc substilutcd for h c words "to rhc Collector or lo the Additional District Magismte" by s. 51 oi the West Bengd Land R c f o r n ~ (Arncndmeni) Act. 198 1 (West Ben. Act L of I981), w.e.l, 7.8.69. 'Clausc (c) was omitted by s, 27(ii) of lhc West Bcngal Land Rcfonns (Arncndmcnt) Acl. 1972 (War Ben. ACI XII of 1972). 'Section 57 was substiluted Tor ihe original section by s. 2 of the West Bcngal Land Rcfonns (Second Amendment) ACL 1978 (West Ben. Act XXXVn of 1978). T71e West Be~lgal Land Reforrrrr Acr. 1955. [West Ben. Act (c) rccciving evidence on affidavits, (d) requisitioning any public record or copy [hereof from any Coun or office. (c] issuing commission lor h e examinalion of wilncsses or documents, (0 enforcing or cxcculing orders including an order for resrora~ion of possession as if such orders were decrees of a Civil Court, (g) remanding any case or proceedings to the oificcr from whosc dccrce the appeal is preferred, and such officer shall record the subslancc ofrhc cvidcnce, if any, [akcn by him. Pmlcclion of