(1) In exercising the functions conferred on him by or under this Act, the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute under section 73 and the liquidator of a co-operative society or person entitled to audit, inspect or hold any inquiry shall have all the powers of civil court while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) proof of facts by affidavit; and
(d) issuing commission for examination of witnesses.
(2) In the case of an affidavit, any officer appointed by the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute and the liquidator, as the case may be, may administer oath to the deponent.
CHAPTER-IX SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES