"The Registrar of Copyrights shall have the powers of a civil court when trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908". Elaborate the statement in context with the Copyright Act, 1957.

As per Section 74 of the Copyright Act, 1957, the Registrar of Copyrights shall have the powers of a civil court when trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, namely - summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; requiring the discovery and production of any document; receiving evidence on affidavits; issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office: any other matter which may be prescribed.