1[(1) In exercising the powers conferred on it, by or under this Act, the Registrar, Auditor-General, any person authorised by the Registrar or Auditor-General, a Liquidator or an Arbitrator, or any authority deciding a dispute or conducting any audit, surcharge proceeding, inspection or enquiry under this Act, shall have all the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) 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 any document;
(c) proof of facts by affidavits; and
(d) issuing commissions for examination of witness.
(2) In the case of an affidavit, the Registrar, Auditor-General or any person appointed or authorised by the Registrar or Auditor-General, any person deciding a dispute or a surcharge proceeding, or conducting any audit, inspection or enquiry under this Act, or a Liquidator of a Society, as the case may be, may administer oath to the deponent.]