When a summary inquiry is prescribed for determination of any question by or under this Act or any law for the time being in force, the officer conducting such inquiry shall himself, as such inquiry proceeds, record in his own hand, in Kannada or in English or in any other language of the taluk or village as declared by State Government, the summary of the evidence and a minute of the proceedings containing the material averment made by the parties interested, the decision and the reasons for the same:
Provided that it shall at any time be lawful for the officer, if he deems fit, to conduct an inquiry directed by this Act to be summary, under all or any of the provisions applicable to a formal inquiry.