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Section 29
The Jammu and Kashmir State Evacuees’ (Administration of Property) Act, 2006 (1949 A. D.)Jammu and Kashmir

Section 29. Powers of the Custodian while holding inquiry under this Act

While 1[holding any inquiry] under this Act, the Custodian shall have the same powers as are vested in a Court under the 2[Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), when trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely :—

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

(b) compelling the discovery and production of documents ;

(c) any prescribed matter ;

and the inquiry by the Custodian shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the 3[Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)], and the Custodian shall be deemed to be a Court within the meaning of 4[sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)].

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.