Powers and duties of the Bench Officers.

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....e Bench concerned namely,- (i) to receive all petitions or applications and other documents including transferred applications; (ii) to decide all questions arising out of the scrutiny of the petitions and applications before they are registered; (iii) to require any petition or application presented to the Bench to be amended in accordance with the Act and the regulatio....

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....ement; (xi) to receive and dispose of applications by parties for return of documents. ^[2][(2) An appeal against any decision by a Bench Officer under clauses (ii), (iii), (v) and (vii) shall be made to the bench by the aggrieved party within fifteen days from the date such decision is communicated to him.]     ---------------- Notes:- [1] Substituted by the A....