(1)In exercising the functions conferred on him by or under this Act, the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute under section 61 and the liquidator of a co-operative society or person entitled to audit, inspect or hold an inquiry and the Tribunal, shall have all the powers of a civil court, while trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (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)proof of facts by affidavits; and
(d)issuing commissions for examination of witnesses.
(2)In the case of an affidavit, any officer appointed by the Registrar, the arbitrator or any other person deciding a dispute and the liquidator or the Tribunal, as the case may be, may administer the oath to the deponent.