Custom Act, 1962
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Powers of Authority. –
(1)
The Authority shall, for the purpose of exercising its powers regarding
discovery and inspection, enforcing the attendance of any person and examining
him on oath, issuing commissions and compelling production of books of account
and other records, have all the powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).
(2)
The Authority shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section
195, but not for the purposes of Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), and every proceeding before the Authority shall be
deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228,
and for the purpose of section 196, of the Indian Penal Code.