Appellate powers: Tribunal and Special Director may exercise civil court powers and execute orders as civil decrees. Section 28 confers on the Appellate Tribunal and the Special Director (Appeals) authority to adopt their own procedure subject to natural justice and to exercise the powers of a civil court - including summoning witnesses, compelling production of documents, receiving affidavit evidence, requisitioning public records, issuing commissions, reviewing decisions, and dealing with default or ex parte representations - and makes their orders executable as civil decrees or transmissible to civil courts for execution; proceedings are deemed judicial proceedings for specified statutory purposes.
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Appellate powers: Tribunal and Special Director may exercise civil court powers and execute orders as civil decrees.
Section 28 confers on the Appellate Tribunal and the Special Director (Appeals) authority to adopt their own procedure subject to natural justice and to exercise the powers of a civil court - including summoning witnesses, compelling production of documents, receiving affidavit evidence, requisitioning public records, issuing commissions, reviewing decisions, and dealing with default or ex parte representations - and makes their orders executable as civil decrees or transmissible to civil courts for execution; proceedings are deemed judicial proceedings for specified statutory purposes.
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