Upon the application of the assignee or of any creditor, the court may compel, by citation or attachment, the assignor or assignors to appear in person forthwith or at such times as the court may fix, and answer under oath, such questions as may be put to them, or either of them, concerning the matter of the assignment. The assignor or the assignment. The assignor or assignors may thereupon be fully examined, upon oath, as to all matters touching their estate or property, its situation and amount, and as to whether any or what disposition has been made of the same or part thereof, and as to the names of creditors, their residence, and the amount due each. The court may also compel the completion or correction in any inventory made by the assignor or assignors, and the delivery of any money, choses in action, or property belonging to the assigned estate to the assignee. The court may compel obedience to its order in the premises by fine or imprisonment as for contempt as in other cases.