law: Electricity Act, 2003
  120. 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 (5 of 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 (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;
  c.      receiving evidence on
  
  affidavits;
  d.     subject to the
  
  provisions of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 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
  
  decisions;
  g.     dismissing a
  
  representation of default or deciding it ex parte;
  h.      setting aside any
  
  order of dismissal or any representation for default or any order passed by it
  
  ex parte;
  i.       any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed by the Central Government.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    An
  
  order made by the Appellate Tribunal under this Act shall be executable by the
  
  Appellate Tribunal as a decree of civil court and, for this purpose, the
  
  Appellate Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court.
  4.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (3), the Appellate Tribunal may transmit any
  
  order made by it to a civil court having local jurisdiction and such civil
  
  court shall execute the order as if it were a decree made by that court.
  5.     
  
    All
  
  proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial
  
  proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code
  
  and the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes
  
  of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).