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Section 14: Recording of evidence.

The Public Debt Act, 1944Central Act · Act 18 of 1944

(1) For the purpose of making any order which it is empowered to make under this Act, the Bank may request a District Magistrate *** to record or to have recorded the whole or any part of such evidence as any person whose evidence the Bank requires may produce. A District Magistrate so requested may himself record, or may direct any Magistrate of the first class subordinate to him or any Magistrate of the second class subordinate to him and empowered in this behalf by gereral or special order of the State Government to record the evidence, and shall forward a copy thereof to the Bank.

(2) For the purpose of making a vesting order under this Act the Bank may direct one of its officers to record the evidence of any person whose evidence the Bank requires or may receive evidence upon affidavit.

(3) A Magistrate or an officer of the Bank acting in pursuance of this section may administer an oath to any witness examined by him.

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ActThe Public Debt Act, 1944
Section14
Marginal noteRecording of evidence.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • omitted. . The words and letter "or in a Part B State the Political Agent" omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).

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