Section XVII. The Governor General of India in Council shall refer every such report, as last aforesaid, to the co

XVII. The Governor General of India in Council shall refer every such report, as last aforesaid, to the consideration of the Advocate General of the East India Company in Bengal, who shall thereupon, if he shall think fit, proceed summarily, by petition, for an account against the said Administrator General, or against the late Administrator General, after his removal from office, or against his personal representatives in case of his death, in respect of all or any of the Estates then or formerly under his care as the said Advocate General shall think fit; and shall have power to exhibit interrogatories to the said Administrator General, or other person or persons defendants, who shall be bound to answer the same as fully as if the same had been contained in a Bill filed for the like purpose; and the Court shall have power, on any such petition filed, to examine orally the parties before it and all witnesses, or to refer the Accounts to be taken in the ordinary way.