Section 29: Powers of officers

The Uttar Pradesh Debt Relief Act, 1977State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 4 of 1977

29. (1) A Tahsildar or a Debt Settlement Officer or an Appellate Officer may exercise all such powers connected with the summoning and examining of parties and witnesses and with the production of documents [and consolidation of cases] as are conferred on a civil court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

(2) Every proceeding before an officer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding for purposes of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code.

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Act	The Uttar Pradesh Debt Relief Act, 1977
Section	29
Marginal note	Powers of officers
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

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inserted. Ins. by section 17 ibid.

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