Section 101(1) in The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957
(1)Subject to the provisions of section 104, a Nyaya Panchayat may, by summons, send for any person to appear and give evidence or to produce or cause the production of any document :Provided that no person who is exempt from personal appearance in court under sub-section (1) of section 133 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, shall be required to appear in person before a Nyaya Panchayat.