West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries (Powers)
Act, 1958
XLV of 1958
23rd September, 1958
An Act to confer powers for compelling
attendance of witnesses and production of documents on
officers conducting departmental inquiries against Government servants in the Province of West Pakistan.
This Act having received the assent of the Governor of West Pakistan on the 20th September, 1958, was published for general information in the Gazette.
Preamble.
Whereas it is expedient to confer powers to compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents on officers conducting departmental inquiries against Government servants in the Province of West Pakistan.
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and extent.-(1) This Act may be called West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan, except the Federal Capital and the Special Areas.
2. Power to summon witnesses and to compel production of documents.-An officer conducting a departmental inquiry against a Government servant under any rules for the time being in force, may exercise the same powers for compelling the attendance of witnesses and production of documents as are exercisable by a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Provided that the process issued by the officer conducting the departmental inquiry shall be served and executed by the Civil Court having jurisdiction in the place, where the witness or the person in possession of the document, as the case may be, resides.
3. Penalties .-Any person disobeying a process issued by an officer in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 shall be liable to the same penalties to which he would have been liable if he had disobeyed a process issued by the Civil Court.
4. Repeal.-The West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Ordinance, 1958, is hereby repealed.
