Appellate tribunal procedure: guided by natural justice with civil court powers and enforceable orders under judicial proceedings.

The Appellate Tribunal is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure but must follow the principles of natural justice and may regulate its own procedure; it possesses specified civil court powers including summoning persons, compelling discovery and production of documents, receiving affidavit evidence, requisitioning public records, issuing commissions, and managing defaults or ex parte matters. Tribunal orders are enforceable as court decrees and may be sent for execution to the court within whose local limits the company's registered office or the person's residence or business lies. Proceedings are deemed judicial and the Tribunal is treated as a civil court for certain penal and criminal procedure purposes.

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