The Commission shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) and every proceeding before the Commission shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 and for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
CHAPTER III FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION
Section 12: Proceedings before Commission to be judicial proceedings
The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003