Under section 74 of the Copyright Act, 1957, the Registrar of Copyrights has the powers of a civil…

Section 74 gives the Registrar of Copyrights the powers of a civil court trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters:

(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
(e) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; and
(f) any other matter which may be prescribed.

The list does not include punishing for contempt, granting injunctions or ordering arrests. Injunctions against infringers are civil remedies granted by courts under Chapter XII. The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 removed the Appellate Board from section 74 (formerly the Board also had these powers).