LawgistThe Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act
12Competent authority and arbitrator to have certain powers of civil courts
The competent authority and the arbitrator appointed under section 8, while holding an inquiry or, as the case may be, arbitration proceedings under this Act, 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) reception of evidence on affidavits;
(d) requisitioning any public record from any court or office;
(e) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses.
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All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and duration
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Power to requisition immovable property
- 4 Power to take possession of requisitioned property
- 5 Rights over requisitioned property
- 6 Release from requisitioning
- 7 Power to acquire requisitioned property
- 8 Principles and method of determining compensation
- 9 Payment of compensation
- 10 Appeals from orders of requisitioning
- 11 Appeals from awards in respect of compensation
- 12 Competent authority and arbitrator to have certain powers of civil courts
- 13 Power to obtain information
- 14 Power to enter and inspect
- 15 Service of notice and orders
- 16 Easement not to be disturbed
- 17 Delegation of powers
- 18 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 19 Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts
- 20 Penalty for offences
- 21 Certain persons to be public servants
- 22 Power to make rules
- 23 Validation of certain requisitions and acquisitions
- 24 Repeals and savings
- 25 Special provision as to certain requisitions under Act 51 of 1962
- 26 Special provision as to certain requisitions under Act 42 of 1971
