Section 4. Power of Labour Commissione

For the purposes of ascertaining the wage-bill of an establishment in respect of which default has been committed the Labour Commissioner shall have all the powers of a Civil Court, while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 in respect of enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath and compelling the production of documents and shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.