LawgistThe Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act
1Short title and extent
(1) This Act may be called the Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1972.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
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*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
All sections
- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Power of Central Government to authorise the exercise of powers specified in section 5
- 5 Power of authorised inquiring authority to enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents
- 6 Territorial limits in which powers specified in section 5 may be exercised
- 7 Power to make rules
