Appellate Tribunal procedure governed by natural justice, with civil court powers for evidence, summons and enforcement.

Appellate Tribunal procedure is governed by principles of natural justice and may be regulated by the Tribunal itself rather than strictly following civil procedural code. The Tribunal has specified civil court powers-including summoning witnesses, compelling production of documents, receiving affidavit evidence, requisitioning public records, issuing commissions, and deciding ex parte or setting aside ex parte orders-and its orders are enforceable as if civil court decrees, with proceedings deemed judicial for purposes of penal and criminal procedure provisions.

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