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Section 29. Powers of Officers.
THE UTTAR PRADESH DEBT RELIEF ACT, 1977
Act no. 4 of 19771977In forceUttarakhand (State Act)
29. (1) A Tahsildar or a Debt Settlement Officer or an Appellate Officer may exercise all such powers connected with the summoning and examining of parties and witnesses and with the production of documents [and consolidation of cases]2 as are conferred on a civil court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (2) Every proceeding before an officer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding for purposes of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code.