Section 24Powers of Tribunal

Section 24: Powers of Tribunal

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:---

(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 on affidavits;

(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);

(e)

issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;

(f)

reviewing its decisions;

(g)

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

(h)

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

(i)

any other matter which may be prescribed.

(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).

(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).