Act Number: 8

Act Name: The Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873

Year: 1873

Enactment Date: 1873-02-11

Long Title: An Act to regulate Irrigation, Navigation and Drainage Northern India.

Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shaktri

Department: Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Section 69: Power to summon and examine witnesses.
    Any officer empowered under this Act to conduct any inquiry may exercise all such powers connected with the summoning and examining of witnesses as are conferred on Civil Courts by the 1Code of Civil Procedure, and every such inquiry shall be deemed a judicial proceeding.
Notes:
1. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908).
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