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BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1980 BALUCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE, 1980 CHAPTER XIX‑SUPERVISION OP LOCAL COUNCILS 138. Inquiries.‑(1) Government may whether suo motu or on an application made to it by any person, cause an inquiry to be made by any person as may be authorised by it in this behalf, into the affairs of a Local Council, generally or into any particular matter concerning a Local Council and take such remedial measures as may be warranted by the findings of such inquiry. (2) Such person shall, for the purposes of the inquiry have the powers of a Court under the Code of a Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908) to take evidence and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents. (3) Government may make an order in respect of the cost of the inquiry and the parties by whom it shall be paid. (4) Any amount payable under subsection (3) by any person not being a Local Council shall be recoverable as a public demand or arrears of land revenue.