16. Powers of commissioners.—Any commissioner appointed under this Order may, unless otherwise directed by the order of appointment,—
(a) examine the parties themselves and any witness whom they or any of them may produce, and any other person whom the Commissioner thinks proper to call upon to give evidence in the matter referred to him;
(b) call for and examine documents and other things relevant to the subject of inquiry;
(c) at any reasonable time enter upon or into any land or building mentioned in the order.
Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.
Unless the order of appointment directs otherwise, a Commissioner appointed under Order XXVI may examine the parties and any witness they produce, and any other person he thinks proper to call to give evidence on the matter referred to him. He may also call for and examine relevant documents and things, and at any reasonable time enter any land or building mentioned in the order.
