Section 38Power of the Administrator for the purpose of an enquiry under this Ordinance

s. 38

38. Power of the Administrator for the purpose of an enquiry under this Ordinance (1) For the purpose of any enquiry under this Ordinance, the Administrator shall have the power to summon and enforce the attendance of persons and witnesses including the parties interested, to examine them, to compel the production of documents, and to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses, in the same manner as is provided in the case of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (2) The Administrator shall be deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of section 188 of the [* * *] Penal Code and Civil Court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXXV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.

1. 13. The word “Pakistan” was omitted by Article 6 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)