law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  74. Registrar of Copyrights and Copyright
  
  Board to possess certain powers of civil courts – 
  The Registrar of Copyright and the Copyright
  
  Board shall have the powers of a civil court when trying a suit under the Code
  
  of Civil Procedure, 1908 ( 5 of 1908) in respect of the following matters,
  
  namely :- 
  a. summoning and enforcing the attendance
  
  of any person and examining him and oath :
  b. requiring the discovery and production
  
  of any document
  c. receiving evidence on affidavits :
  d. issuing commissions for the
  
  examinations of witnesses or documents :
  e. requisitioning any public record or
  
  copy thereof from any court or office :
  f. any other matter which may be
  
  prescribed.
  Explanation -  For the purpose of
  
  enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits of the jurisdiction of
  
  the Registrar of Copyrights or the Copyrights Board, as the case may be, shall
  
  be the limits of the territory of India.