Section 74. Registrar of Copyrights and[1] [Appellate Board] to possess certain powers of civil courts

CHAPTER XV MISCELLANEOUS 74. Registrar of Copyrights and[1] [Appellate Board] to possess certain powers of civil courts. —The Registrar of Copyrights and the[1] [Appellate Board] shall have the powers of a civil court when 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) receiving evidence on affidavits; - (d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; - (e) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; - (f) any other matter which may be prescribed. Explanation .—For the purpose of enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Registrar of Copyrights or the[1] [Appellate Board], as the case may be, shall be the limits of the territory of India.