The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
4. The Issue and Service of Summons –
(1) A Commission may issue summons to persons whose attendance before it may be required either to give evidence or to produce documents. (2) Every summons issued by a Commission shall be in duplicate and shall be signed by the Chairman thereof or by such persons as he may empower in this behalf. It shall be sealed with the seal of the Commission and shall specify the time and a place at which the person summoned is required to attend and also whether his attendance is required for the purpose of giving evidence or to produce a document, or for both the purposes.
(3) A person may be summoned to produce a document, without being summoned to give evidence, and any person summoned merely to produce a document shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such document to be produced instead of attending personally to produce the same.
(4) A person may be summoned to produce a document , without being summoned to give evidence, and any person summoned merely to produce a document shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such documents to be produced instead of attending personally to produce the same.
(5) Every summons shall be served by sending it by post to the person, for whom it is intended or in such other manners as the Commission may direct.
(6) The provisions of sub rules (1) to (5) shall apply, as far as may be, to every other process issued by a Commission.
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The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
