| (1) The Commission shall, for the purposes of an inquiry or investigations under this Act, have the power-
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| (a) to procure and receive all such evidence, written or oral, and to examine all such persons as witnesses, as the Commission may think it necessary or desirable to procure or examine; | | |
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| (b) to require the evidence (whether written or oral ) of any witness to be given on oath or affirmation, such oath or affirmation to be that which could be in a court of law, and to administer and cause to be administered by an officer authorized in that behalf by the Commission an oath or affirmation to every such witness; | | |
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| (c) to summon any person residing in Sri Lanka, to attend any meeting of the Commission to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession, and to examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession; | | |
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| (d) to admit notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Evidence Ordinance, any evidence, whether written or oral, which might be inadmissible in civil or criminal proceedings; | | |
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| (e) to admit or exclude the public from such inquiry or investigation or any part thereof. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts