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(1) Every
certifying officer and the appellate authority referred to in section 32 shall have all the powers of a civil
court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oath, enforcing the attendance of witnesses,
and compelling the discovery and production of documents, and shall be deemed to be a civil court
within the meaning of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
(2) Clerical or arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by a certifying officer, or errors arising
therein from any accidental slip or omission may, at any time, be corrected by that officer or successor
in office of such officer.