Section 61

The Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001State Act of Tamil Nadu · Act 34 of 2002

(1) The Highways authority or any officer authorized in this behalf by the Government 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 or 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;

(d) issuing commissions for the examinations of witness or documents.

(2) Any person summoned merely to produce a document shall be deemed to have complied with the summons, if he causes such documents to be produced, instead of attending personally to produce the same.

62. Every officer acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

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Act	The Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001
Section	61
Jurisdiction	State of Tamil Nadu
Status	In force as published by the source

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