West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Act, 1958

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THE WEST PAKISTAN DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (POWERS) 
ACT, 1958 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
Preamble 
1. Short title and extent 
2. Power to summon witnesses and to compel production of documents 
3. Penalties 
4. Repeal 
 
  
 

 
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THE WEST PAKISTAN DEPARTMENTAL INQUIRIES (POWERS) 
ACT, 1958 
WEST PAKISTAN ACT No. XLV of 1958 
[20th September, 1958] 
AN 
ACT 
to confer powers for compelling attendance of witnesses and production of documents on officers 
conducting departmental inquiries against Government servants in the Province of West Pakistan. 
Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to confer powers to compel attendance of witnesses and 
production of documents on officers conducting departmental inquiries against Government servants 
in the Province of West Pakistan; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:__ 
1. Short title and extent. (1) This Act may be called the West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries 
(Powers) Act, 1958. 
1[(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan, except the Tribal Areas.] 
2. Power to summon witnesses and to compel production of documents . An officer 
conducting a departmental inquiry against a Government servant under any rules for the time being in 
force, may exercise the same powers for compelling the attendance of witnesses 2[,] production of 
documents 2[and issuing commissions for the e xamination of witnesses] as are exercisable by a civil 
court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908): 
Provided that the process issued by the officer conducting the departmental inquiry shall be 
served and executed by the civil court having jurisdiction in the place where the witness or the person 
in possession of the document, as the case may be, resides. 
3. Penalties. Any person disobeying a process issued by an officer in exercise of the powers 
conferred by section 2 shall be liable to the same penalties to which he would have been liable if he 
had disobeyed a process issued by the civil court. 
4. Repeal. The West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Ordinance, 1958  (West 
Pakistan Ordinance No. XV of 1958), is hereby repealed. 
 
 
RGN Date: 22-08-2025 
1Subs. by the West Pakistan Laws (Extension to Karachi) Ordinance, 1964 (VII of 1964), s. 2 and Sch. 
2Replaced and Ins. by Ordinance No. XI of 1961, s. 2.