law: Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008
  29. Procedure and
  
  powers of Appellate Tribunal. -
  1. 
  
   The
  
  Appellate Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of
  
  Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice
  
  and, subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Appellate Tribunal shall
  
  have powers to regulate its own procedure. 
  2. 
  
   The
  
  Appellate Tribunal shall have, for the purposes of discharging its functions
  
  under this Act, the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code
  
  of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respect of the following
  
  matters, namely:-
  a.    summoning and
  
  enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
  b.    requiring the
  
  discovery and production of documents;
  c.    receiving evidence on
  
  affidavits;
  d.    subject to the
  
  provisions of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872,
  
  requisitioning any public record or document or a copy of such record or
  
  document, from any office;
  e.    issuing commissions
  
  for the examination of witnesses or documents;
  f.    reviewing its
  
  decisions;
  g.    dismissing an
  
  application for default or deciding it, ex parte;
  h.    setting aside any
  
  order of dismissal of any application for default or any order passed by it, ex
  
  parte; and
  i.    any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed.
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   Every
  
  proceeding before the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding
  
  within the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purposes of section 196
  
  of the Indian Penal Code and the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a
  
  civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of
  
  Criminal Procedure, 1973.