Section 8(3)(a) in Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2018
(a)For the purposes of this Act, the Fee Regulatory Committee while holding inquiry shall have the powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908) while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely, -(i)summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath;(ii)requiring the discovery and production of any document:(iii)receiving evidence on affidavit; and(iv)issuing commission for examination of witnesses for local inspection.