Section 20: Special powers of officers.

The Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 17 of 1976

The Revenue Officers and the appellate and the revisional authorities, appointed by or under this Act, shall have all the powers of a Civil Court while trying a suit under the [Code of Civil Procedure, Samvat 1977] in respect of the following matters, namely :––

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

(b) production and discovery of documents ;

(d) any other matter which may be prescribed ;

and every such officer or authority shall be deemed to be a Civil Court within the meaning of [sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989].

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Act	The Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976
Section	20
Marginal note	Special powers of officers.
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

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