(l) With a view to prepare the record specified in Section 3 the Special Officer or any person appointed to assist him in this behalf may, by a special notice, require such Sevaks. Pujaris or persons connected with the Seva or Puja of the Temple or Such other person as the Special Officer may deem fit to examine, to attend before him within a specified time which shall not be less than fifteen days after the service of notice at any place for the aforesaid purpose, and every person on whom such special notice may be served shall be legally bound to attend as required by the notice and to do any of the things mentioned in the said notice and to give any information or to produce any document which may be required so far as he may be able to do it.
(2) Such officer or person hereinbefore specified shall for the purpose of this Act have the same power as are vested in Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely:
(a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation:
(b) dealing with the production of documents; and
(c) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses, and any proceeding under this Act before such officer or person appointed shall be a judicial 3 proceeding within the meaning· of Sections 193 and 228 and for the purpose of Section 195 of the Indian Penal Code, 1960 (XLX of 1860).
5. Publication of record- The record or a part thereof so prepared from time to time by the Special Officer under Section 3 shall be published in the prescribed manner and on such publication the said record or part thereof shall be final and shall not be called into question in any Court of law except in the manner hereinafter provided :
Provided that the State Government may, by orders issued from time to time and duly published in the Gazette, direct that the parts of the said record containing various sources of income of the Temple and its endowments and such other matters not already covered by the said parts but relevant thereto shall be further supplemented in such manner as may be specified in the order and the record so supplemented shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6 constitute the final record for the purpose of this Act.