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Section 17: Powers of competent authority and Revenue Divisional Officer

The Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, 1975 (No. 31 of 1975)State Act of Kerala · Act 31 of 1975

(1) The competent authority and the Revenue Divisional Officer while making mqmries under this Act shall have all the powers of a c1v1l court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :-

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

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

(c) any other matter which may be prescribed.

(2) The decisions of the competent authority and the Revenue DivlSlonal Officer under this Act shall have the force of a decree of a civil court.

18. Power to remove difficulties -If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the GovernmPn1 may, as occasion requires, by order, do anything not incon­ sistent with the provisions of this Act which appears to them necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act, 1975 (No. 31 of 1975)
Section17
Marginal notePowers of competent authority and Revenue Divisional Officer
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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