Section 5: Powers of Tribunals

5. Powers of Tribunals. —(1) A Tribunal may, on appeal, confirm, set aside, vary or modify the order appealed against. (2) A Tribunal shall, for the purpose of deciding any appeal, be deemed to be a civil court and shall have the same powers as are vested in such court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), including the powers of— (a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) compelling the production of documents; and (c) issuing commission for the examination of witnesses and documents. 1[(3) A Tribunal shall have the power to execute its decisions in accordance with the procedure as may be prescribed.] 1[5A. Financial powers of a Tribunal.⎯ (1) The Registrar of the Tribunal shall be the Principal Accounting Officer of a Tribunal. (2) The Chairman of Tribunal may authorize re­appropriation of funds from one head of account to another head of account and sanction expenditure on any item from within the allocated budget in accordance with the prescribed procedure without reference to Ministry of Finance.]

Effective date: 1973-01-01

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