Designs Act : Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act. Indian Bare Acts :

Designs Act,2000

Act No : 16

Section : Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act.

32. Powers of Controller in proceedings under Act.-Subject to any rules made in this behalf, the Controller in any proceedings before him under this Act shall have the powers of a civil court for the purpose of receiving evidence, administering oaths, nforcing the attendance of witnesses, compelling the discovery and production of documents, issuing commissions for the examining of witnesses and awarding costs and such award shall be executable in any court having jurisdiction as if it were a decree o that court.