Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act : Competent authority and

Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act,1976

Act No : 13

Section : Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civilcourt.

15.Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civil court. The competent authority- and the Appellate Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person an examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses or documents; (f) any other matter which may be prescribed.