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Section 11
The Jammu and Kashmir Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1988Jammu and Kashmir

Section 11. Powers of estate officers

An estate officer shall for the purpose of holding any inquiry under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the 1[Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908)] when trying a suit in respect of the following matter, namely :––

(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath ;

(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents ;

(c) any other matter which may be prescribed.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.