Section 3-I
Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court.
The National Highways Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to provide for the declaration of certain highways to be national highways and for matters connected therewith.
1[3I. Competent authority to have certain powers of civil court.--The competent authority shall
have, for the purposes of this Act, 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 commission for examination of witnesses.]
(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 commission for examination of witnesses.]
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 16 of 1997, s. 3, for section 3 (w.e.f. 24-1-1997).