134. Powers of the Productivity Commission

The Productivity Commission shall have the following powers to perform and discharge its duties and functions, as are necessary for the achievement of the object of the Productivity Commission: -

subject to the provisions of section 154, request information, data, statistics, or documents from any public institution or person;

publish and disseminate the findings of an inquiry or research conducted by the Productivity

open, maintain and operate current, savings or other deposit accounts in any bank and, if necessary, to close such accounts;

enter into and perform all such contracts or agreements as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers and the carrying out of the object of the

hold, take or give on lease or hire, mortgage, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of any movable or immovable property of the Productivity

generally, to do all such acts and things authorized by this Part and rules made thereunder for the achievement of the object of the Productivity