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(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Lokayukta for the purpose of conducting any inquiry or investigation under this Act shall have all the powers of a civil court, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely :- (i) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (ii) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (iii) receiving evidence on affidavits; (iv) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (v) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents: Provided that, such commission, in case of a witness, shall be issued only where the witness, in the opinion of the Lokayukta, is not in a position to attend the proceeding before the Lokayukta; and (vi) such other matters as may be prescribed. (2) Any proceeding before the Lokayukta shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of 1[section 229 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)].
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Lokayukta for the purpose of conducting any inquiry or investigation under this Act shall have all the powers of a civil court, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely :-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>i</i>) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>ii</i>) requiring the discovery and production of any document;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iii</i>) receiving evidence on affidavits;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iv</i>) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>v</i>) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents:<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>Provided that, such commission, in case of a witness, shall be issued only where the witness, in the opinion of the Lokayukta, is not in a position to attend the proceeding before the Lokayukta; and<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>vi</i>) such other matters as may be prescribed.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) Any proceeding before the Lokayukta shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of <sup>1</sup>[section 229 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)].<br>