Section Text
1) The Appellate Board shall not be bound by the
procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) but shall be guided by principles of
natural justice and, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Appellate
Board shall have powers to regulate its own procedure including the fixing of places and times of its
hearing.
(2) The Appellate Board shall have, for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Act, the
same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) while
trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:—
(a) receiving evidence;
(b) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses;
(c) requisitioning any public record; and
(d) any other matter which may be prescribed.
(3) Any proceeding before the Appellate Board shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the
meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purpose of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
1860), and the Appellate Board shall be deemed to be a civil court for all the purposes of section 195 and