State Act

Kerala Co-operative Societies Act 1969

98.Tribunal, Registrar, etc., to have certain powers of civil court.- (1) In exercising the functions conferred on it or him by or under this Act, the Tribunal, the Registrar, the Arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute and the liquidator of a society shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 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)receiving evidence on affidavits; and (d)issuing commissions for examination of witnesses. (2) In the case of any affidavit, any officer appointed by the Tribunal, the Registrar, the Arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute or the liquidator, as the case may be, in this behalf may administer the oath to the deponent.