15. Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civil court
The competent authority and the Appellate Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:—
(a)
summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b)
requiring the discovery and production of documents;
(c)
receiving evidence or affidavits;
(d)
requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;
(e)
issuing commissions for examination of witnesses or documents;
(f)
any other matter which may be prescribed.