Official Trustees Act, 1913
20. Auditor's power to summon witnesses and to call for
documents
(1) Every auditor shall have the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of
Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).
(a) to summon any person whose presence he may
think necessary to attend him from time to time; and
(b) to examine any person, on oath to be by
him administered; and
(c) to issue a commission for the examination
on interrogatories or otherwise of any person; and
(d) to summon any person to produce any
document or thing, the production of which appears to be necessary for the
purposes of such audit or examination.
(2) Any person who, when summoned, refuses, or without
reasonable cause neglects to attend or to produce any document or thing or
attends and refuses to be sworn, or to be examined shall be deemed to have
committed an offence within the meaning of, and punishable under section 188 of
the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and the auditor shall report every case of
such refusal or neglect to Government.