DCOS Act 94Chapter XII · Offences and Penalties

Section 94 · Powers of civil court

(1)

In exercising the functions conferred on him by or under this Act, the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute under section 61 and the liquidator of a co-operative society or person entitled to audit, inspect or hold an inquiry and the Tribunal, shall have all the powers of a civil court, while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of 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 any document;

(c)

proof of facts by affidavits; and

(d)

issuing commissions for examination of witnesses.

(2)

In the case of an affidavit, any officer appointed by the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute and the liquidator or the Tribunal, as the case may be, may administer the oath to the deponent.

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