Section 13. Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents.

(1) The proper officer under this Act shall have power to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary, either to give evidence or to produce a document or any other thing, in any inquiry in the same manner, as provided in the case of a Civil Court under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. (2) Every such inquiry referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a "judicial proceeding" within the meaning of section 193 and section 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023).