{"id":1249,"date":"2024-11-14T13:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssrana.in\/posh-law\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=1249"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:05:22","slug":"what-are-the-powers-of-the-internal-committee-or-the-local-committee-under-the-posh-law","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/ssrana.in\/posh-law\/ufaq\/what-are-the-powers-of-the-internal-committee-or-the-local-committee-under-the-posh-law\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the powers of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee under the POSH Law?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct ewd-ufaq-category-tabs- ewd-ufaq-faq-category-title-accordion\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/posh-law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/1249' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-1249-dKc1HbNL9h' data-post_id='1249'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWhat are the powers of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee under the POSH Law?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1249\" class=\"elementor elementor-1249\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ufaq\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2afdd2b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2afdd2b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-149d9ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"149d9ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c711fba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c711fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">For the purpose of making an inquiry under POSH Act, the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 when trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:<\/p><ul style=\"font-family: sans-serif\"><li style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">Summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;<\/li><li style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">Requiring the discovery and production of documents; and<\/li><li style=\"font-family: sans-serif\">Any other matter which may be prescribed.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A What are the powers of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee under the POSH Law? 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