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Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981) Complete Act

Title: Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981)

State: Karnataka

Year: 1981

Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES ENFORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES, PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1981 Section 1 - Short title and commencement Section 2 - Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply Section 3 - Definitions Section 4 - Power of State Government to authorise the exercise of powers specified in section 5 Section 5 - Power of authorised inquiring authorityto enforce attendance of witnesses and production of documents Section 6 - Territorial limits in which powers specified in section 5 may be exercised Section 6A - Issue of search warrant etc. Section 7 - Power to make rules Section 8 - Repeal and savings

The Pondicherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973 Complete Act

State: Pondicherry

Year: 1973

.....the body constituted for the administration of a commune panchayat under this Act; (7) "company" means any company is defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956), and includes " (a) any foreign company within the meaning of section 591 of that Act: (b) any co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the law relating to co-operative societies for the time being in force; and (c) any body corporate, or any firm or association carrying on business in the Union territory whether incorporated or not and whether its principal place of business is situated in the said Union territory or not; (8) "Director" means a Director appointed under section 195 and also includes any officer authorized by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Director; (9) "election authority" means such authority, not being president or vice-president or a member of the village panchayat or the chairman or vice-chairman or a member of the commune panchayat council as the Government may, by notification, appoint; (10) "executive authority" means, in the case of a village panchayat having an executive officer, the executive officer.....

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981) Preamble 1

Title: Karnataka Departmental Inquiries Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses, Production of Documents and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1981

State: Karnataka

Year: 1981

THE KARNATAKA DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (ENFORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES, PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 19811 [Act, No. 29 of 1981] [10th April, 1981] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the enforcement of attendance of witnesses and production of documents in certain departmental inquiries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the enforcement of attendance of witnesses and production of documents in certain departmental inquiries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto in the State of Karnataka; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- ________________________ 1. First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Fifteenth day of April, 1981.

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981) Section 5

Title: Power of Authorised Inquiring Authorityto Enforce Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents

State: Karnataka

Year: 1981

.....Act 38 of 1959) or any corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970 (Central Act 5 of 1970) or any corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (Central Act 40 of 1980),- (a) to produce any book of account or other documents which the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India, the subsidiary bank or the corresponding new bank claims to be of a confidential nature, or (b) to make any such book or document a part of the record of the proceedings of the departmental inquiry, or (c) to give inspection of any such book or document, if produced, to any party before it or to any other person. (3) Every process issued by an authorised inquiring authority for the attendance of any witnessor for the production of any document shall be served and executed through the District Judge within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the witness or other person, on whom the process is to be served or executed, voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain, and, for the purposes of taking.....

The Orissa Disciplinary Proceedings (Summoning of Witnesses & Production of Documents) Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1954

..... 4. Powers of Inquiring Officer and penalty for disobedience to process- (1) Any Inquiring Officer shall have the same powers in the matter of summoning of witnesses and compelling the production of documents as are conferred upon the Commissioner under Section 8 of the Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 (Act XXXVII of 1850): Provided that all process to cause the attendance of witnesses or production of documents or other compulsory process shall be served through and executed by the District Magistrate or the Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the case may be, in whose jurisdiction the witness or other person resides and on whom such process is to be served. ( 2 ) The provisions of Section 9 of the said Act providing for penalty for disobedience to process shall apply to any process issued by an Inquiring Officer as they apply to such process issued by the Commissioners aforesaid. 5. Rules- The State Government may make rules for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act. Orissa State Acts

Maharashtra Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1986 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1986

..... includes bribery or corruption, and mala fide act of omission or commission; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. SECTION 04: AUTHORISATION OF INQUIRING AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE POWER SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5 Where in any departmental inquiry, it is necessary to summon as witness, or call for any document from, any person or a class or category of persons, the Inquiring Authority may exercise the power specified in section 5 in relation to any such person or a person within such class or category, at any stage of the departmental inquiry, if he is authorised, by order in writing in this behalf, by such officer not below the rank of a Secretary to Govern ment as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, designate ; and different such officers may be designated for different class or classes of departmental inquiries or for different local areas of the State. SECTION 05: POWER OF AUTHORISE INQUIRING AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS :" (1)Every Inquiring Authority authorised under section 4 (herein after referred to as "the authorised Inquiring Authority") shall have the.....

Departmental Proceedings (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1973 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1973

.....Short title and extent (1) This Act may be called the Departmental Proceedings (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1973. Section 2 Departmental proceedings to which the Act shall apply The provisions of this Act shall apply to every departmental proceedings made in relation to (a) persons appointed to public services or posts in connection with affairs of the State; (b) persons who, having been appointed to any public service or post in connection with the affairs of the State, are in service or pay of- (i) any local authority, (ii) any corporation owned or controlled by the State Government, (iii) any Government company within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956, in which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the paid-up share capital is held by the State Government or any company which is a subsidiary of such Government company, (iv) any society registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961, which is subject to the control of the State Government. Section 3 Definitions For the purposes of this Act, (a) "departmental proceedings" mean proceedings held under and in accordance with (i) any law made.....

Departmental Enquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....established by or under a Central Act and owned or controlled by the Central Government, (iii) any Government company within the meaning ofsection 617 of the Companies Act, 1956-, in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid-up share capital is held by the Central Government or any company which is a subsidiary of such Government company, (iv) any society registered underthe Societies Registration Act, 1860 -. which is subject to the control of the Central Government. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS " For the purposes of this Act," (a) "departmental inquiry" means an inquiry held under and in accordance with " (i) any law made by Parliament or any rule made thereunder, or (ii) any rule made under the proviso to article 309, or continued under article 313 of the Constitution of India, into any allegation of lack of integrity against any person to whom this Act applies; (b) "inquiring authority" means an officer or authority appointed by the Central Government or by any officer or authority subordinate to that Government to hold a departmental inquiry and includes any officer or authority who is empowered by or under any law or rule for the time being in force lo hold.....

The Tripura Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses & Production of Documents) Act, 1974 Complete Act

State: Tripura

Year: 1974

.....PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 1974 THE TRIPURA DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (ENFORCEMENT OF ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES & PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS) ACT, 1974 An Act to provide for the enforcement of attendance of witnesses and production of documents in certain departmental inquiries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Tripura in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- Short title and extent. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tripura Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1974. (2) It extends to the whole of the Tripura. Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply. 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to every departmental inquiry made in relation to--- (1) persons appointed to public services or posts in connection with the affairs of the State of Tripura ; (2) persons who, having been appointed to any public service or post in connection with the affairs of the State of Tripura, are in service or pay of,--- (a) any local authority in the State of Tripura, (b) any corporation established by or under.....

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act, 1981 (29 of 1981) Section 4

Title: Power of State Government to Authorise the Exercise of Powers Specified in Section 5

State: Karnataka

Year: 1981

.....if the person against whom the departmental inquiry is being held is subject to the control of the High Court of Karnataka under Article 235 of the Constitution; (c) the Chief Justice of Karnataka if the person against whom the departmental inquiry is being held is an officer or servant of the High Court of Karnataka; (d) such authority not being an authority inferior to the appointing authority in relation to the person against whom the departmental inquiry is being held, as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 28 of 1986 w.e.f. 6.6.1986. 2. Omitted by Act 28 of 1986 w.e.f. 6.6.1986.