Article 125 — Attendance and examination of witnesses before commissioner

(1) The provisions of this Code relating to the summoning, atten- dance and examination of witnesses, ancJ to the remuneration of. and penaltIes to be imposed upon, witnesses. shall apply to per- sons required by the commissioner to -give evidence or to produce documents and for the purposes of this Article the commissioner shall be deemed to be a civil court. (2) A commissioner may apply to any court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction a witness resides fot the issue of any process whicft he may find it necessary to issue to or againsnuclr. witness. and such court may, in its discretion, issue such pr~ as it con- siders reasonable and proper.