THE UTTAR PRADESH DEBT RELIEF ACT, 1977
Section 29. Powers of officers
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 2[and consolidation of cases] 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.
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