law: Information Technology Act, 2000
  58. Procedure and powers of the Cyber
  
  Appellate Tribunal. – 
  (1) The Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall not be bound
  
  by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908),
  
  but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the
  
  other provisions of this Act and of any rules, the Cyber Appellate Tribunal
  
  shall have powers to regulate its own procedure including the place at which it
  
  shall have its sittings.
  (2) The Cyber 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 (5 of
  
  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 or other electronic records;
  (c) receiving evidence
  
  on affidavits;
  (d) issuing
  
  commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
  (e) reviewing its
  
  decisions;
  (f) dismissing an
  
  application for default or deciding it ex parte;
  (g) any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed.
  (3) Every proceeding before the Cyber
  
  Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the
  
  meaning of section 193 and 228, and for the purposes of section 196 of the
  
  Indian Penal Code(45 of 1860) and the Cyber 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 (2 of 1974).