law: The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 
  19. Procedure and
  
  powers of Tribunal. – 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  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.
  2.     
  
    Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act, the Tribunal shall have power to regulate its
  
  own procedure.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Tribunal shall also not be bound by the rules of evidence contained in the
  
  Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
  4.     
  
  
  
    The
  
  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 copy of such record or document
  
  from any office;
  e.      issuing commissions
  
  for the examination of witnesses or documents;
  f.      reviewing its
  
  decision;
  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;
  i.       pass an interim order
  
  (including granting an injunction or stay) after providing the parties
  
  concerned an opportunity to be heard, on any application made or appeal filed
  
  under this Act;
  j.       pass an order
  
  requiring any person to cease and desist from committing or causing any
  
  violation of any enactment specified in Schedule I;
  k.      any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed.
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  5.     
  
    All
  
  proceedings before the Tribunal shall be deemed to be the judicial proceedings
  
  within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 for the purposes of section 196
  
  of the Indian Penal Code and the 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.