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For the purposes of sections 6 and 16, the Registrar General, Divisional Registrar, District Registrar, Assistant Registrar and the officer authorized under section 16; and for the purposes of 1[section 14 and 18], the District Registrar shall have and may exercise the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :- (a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath ; (b) compelling the production of documents and material objects ; (c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ; and (d) proof of facts by affidavits.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>For the purposes of sections 6 and 16, the Registrar General, Divisional Registrar, District Registrar, Assistant Registrar and the officer authorized under section 16; and for the purposes of <sup>1</sup>[section 14 and 18], the District Registrar shall have and may exercise the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely :- <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>a</i>) 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>(b)</i> compelling the production of documents and material objects ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>c</i>) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses ; and<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>d</i>) proof of facts by affidavits. <br>