Powers of Administrator and others.
Section 103
SEC. 103. Powers of Administrator and others.—The Administrator, subject to any restrictions prescribed in the regulations, the auditor under section eighty-six, the liquidator under section ninety-six, the arbitrator under section one hundred one, the person appointed under section ninety-four or any person conducting an inquiry under section ninety, or an inspection under section ninety-one, shall at all reasonable times have free access to the books, accounts, vouchers, documents, securities, cash and other properties belonging to or in the custody of a cooperative and shall, in so far as is necessary for carrying out of any of the purposes of this Act, have power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses and parties concerned who, he has reason to believe, can give valuable information in regard to any transaction of the co-operative or the management of its affairs and to compel them to give evidence upon oath and to compel the production of any books, accounts, vouchers, documents, securities, cash and other properties relating to the affairs of the cooperative at any place at the headquarters of the cooperative or at the office of the Administrator, by the same means and, as far as possible, in the same manner as that provided for the courts in civil cases.