The Kerala Enquiries and Summonses (Amendment) Act, 1962[1] Complete Act - Bare Act

ACT 10 OF 1962

THE KERALA ENQUIRIES AND SUMMONSES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962[1]

An Act to amend the Kerala Enquiries and Summonses Act, 1960

Preamble."

WHEREAS it is necessary to amend the Kerala Enquiries and Summonses Act, 1960, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

Be it enacted in the Thirteenth Year of Republic of India as follows: "

1. Short title "This Act may be called the Kerala Enquiries and Summonses (Amendment) Act, 1962.

2. Amendment of Section 9, Act 24 of 1960. " Section 9 of the Kerala Enquiries and Summonses Act, 1960 (Act 24 o f I960), shall be renumbered as sub-section (l) of that section and"

(i) in sub-section ( 1) as so renumbered, the words " o r into the c onduct of any public servant as such " shall be omitted;

(ii) after sub-section (1) as so renumbered the following sub-s ection shall be added, namely:"

" (2) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, invest any officer deputed by them to make an enquiry into the conduct of any public servant with the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 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 docu ment ;

(c) receiving evidence on affidavits ;

(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;

(e) issuing

commissions for the examination of witnesses or d ocuments;

(f)

any other matter which may be specified in the notification."

3. Repeal ."( 1) The Kerala Enquiries and Summonses (Amend ment) Ordinance, 1962 (Ordinance No. 4 of 1962), is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any powers conferred by or under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of the powers conferred b y or under this Act as if this Act were in force o n the day on which such thing w as done or action was taken.