Procedure before Appellate Tribunal: tribunal guided by natural justice, regulates its own procedure and wields civil-court powers. The Appellate Tribunal is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and may regulate its own procedure; it has the same civil court powers for summoning witnesses, compelling attendance and document production, receiving affidavit evidence, requisitioning public records, issuing commissions, and managing default representations. Its orders are enforceable as if decrees of a court and proceedings are deemed judicial, with the Tribunal treated as a civil court for specified penal and procedural provisions.
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Procedure before Appellate Tribunal: tribunal guided by natural justice, regulates its own procedure and wields civil-court powers.
The Appellate Tribunal is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and may regulate its own procedure; it has the same civil court powers for summoning witnesses, compelling attendance and document production, receiving affidavit evidence, requisitioning public records, issuing commissions, and managing default representations. Its orders are enforceable as if decrees of a court and proceedings are deemed judicial, with the Tribunal treated as a civil court for specified penal and procedural provisions.
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