Section 70. Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents

(1) The proper officer under this Act shall have power to summon any person whose
attendance he considers necessary either to give evidence or to produce a document or
any other thing in any inquiry in the same manner, as provided in the case of a civil court
under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.


Power to
summon
persons to
give
evidence and
produce
documents.


45 of 1860.
(2) Every such inquiry referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a “judicial proceedings” within the meaning of section 193 and section 228 of the Indian Penal Code