Section 24 · Powers of Tribunal

(1) The Tribunal shall have, for the purposes of discharging its functions under this Act, the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) while trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:---

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(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;

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(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;

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(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;

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(d) calling for any public record or document or a copy of such record or document, from any office, subject to the provisions of sections 129 and 130 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023);

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(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;

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(f) reviewing its decisions;

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(g) dismissing an application for default or deciding it, ex parte;

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(h) setting aside any order of dismissal of any application for default or any order passed by it, ex parte; and

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(i) any other matter which may be prescribed.

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(2) Every proceeding before the Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 228, 229, 233, 257 and 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023).

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(3) The Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purpose of section 215 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023).

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