Section 6: Power to take evidence on oath, etc

The Kerala Hereditary Village Offices (Abolition) Act, 1961State Act of Kerala · Act 33 of 1961

The District Collector and the Board of Revenue shall, for the purposes of this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:—

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

(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;

Where this provision sits

Act	The Kerala Hereditary Village Offices (Abolition) Act, 1961
Section	6
Marginal note	Power to take evidence on oath, etc
Jurisdiction	State of Kerala
Status	In force as published by the source

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