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(1) Subject to other provisions of this section, for the purposes of any investigation (including preliminary enquiry, if any, before such investigation) under this Act, the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta may require any public servant or any other person, who, in his opinion, is able to furnish information or produce documents, relevant to the investigation, to furnish such information or produce such document. (2) For the purposes of any such investigation (including the preliminary enquiry), the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, 5 of 1908. namely:— (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; e. 6 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, 'EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 21, 2004 [PART III The West Bengal Lokayukta Act, 2003. Repqr,ts of Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta. Annual Reports of Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta. Prosecution for false complaint. (Sections 12-14.) 4"11*"4174 (4) No person shall be required or atItt(Aised, by virtue of this Act, to furnish such class or category of information,,anSwpr or question, or produce so much of such class or category of document,— '1,0V' • (a) as might prejudice the security orkletence or international relations of India (including the relations of India with the Government of any other country or with any international organisation), or (b) as might involve the disclosure of proceedings of the Council of Ministers of the State Government or any Committee of that Council of Ministers, and (c) to give any evidence or produce any document which he could not be compelled to give or produce in any prof eedings before a Court. (5) For the purpose of sub-section (4), a certificate issued by the Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, certifying that any information or answer or any portion of a document is of the class or category specified in clause (a) or clause (b), shall be conclusive and binding.