Section 18: Power to summon witnesses and cause production of documents.
The Telangana Pawn Brokers Act, 2002.State Act of Telangana · Act 6 of 2002
(1) The licensing authority or the appellate authority shall for the purposes of this Act, have all the powers conferred on a Civil Court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation;
(b) compelling the production of any documents;
(c) impounding of any documents, accounts or other records produced for reasons to be recorded in writing; and
(d) any other matter as may be prescribed.
(2) The officer who impounds the documents, accounts or registers of the Pawn Broker shall grant a receipt of the things so impounded to the person concerned.