CourtMesh

Section 12: Power of Commission to utilise the service of certain officers and investigation agencies for conducting investigation

The Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women Act, 1996State Act of Himachal Pradesh · Act 22 of 1997

(1) The Commission may, for the purpose of conducting investigations under this Act utilise the services of,-

(a) any officer or investigation agency of the State or the Central Government with the concurrence of that Government ; or

(b) any other person.

(2) For the purpose of conducting an investigation, any officer or agency referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) may, subject to the direction and control of the Commission,-

(a) summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine him ;

(b) require the discovery and production of any document ; and

(c) requisition any public record or copy thereof from any office.

(3) Such officer or agency or the person shall investigate into the matter as directed by the Commission and submit a report thereon (hereinafter, in this section, referred to as "the investigation report"), to the Commission within such period or extended period as may be specified or extended by the Commission in this behalf.

(4) The Commission shall satisfy itself about the correctness of the facts stated and the conditions, if any, arrived at in the investigation report submitted to it under sub-section (3), and for this purpose the Commission THE HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ACT, 1996 9 may make such inquiry (including the examination of the person or persons who conducted or assisted in the investigation) as it thinks fit.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women Act, 1996
Section12
Marginal notePower of Commission to utilise the service of certain officers and investigation agencies for conducting investigation
JurisdictionState of Himachal Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women Act, 1996 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.