law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  127. Powers of Registrar .- 
  In all proceedings under this Act before the
  
  Registrar, - 
  (a) the Registrar shall have all the powers of
  
  a civil court for the purpose of receiving evidence, administering oaths,
  
  enforcing the attendance of witnesses, compelling the discovery and production
  
  of documents and issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
  (b) the Registrar may, subject to any rules
  
  made in this behalf under section 157, make such orders as to costs as he
  
  considers reasonable, and any such order shall be executable as a decree of a
  
  civil court.
  Provided  that the Registrar shall have no power
  
  to award costs to or against any party on an appeal to him against a refusal of
  
  the proprietor of a certification trade mark to certify goods or provision of
  
  services or to authorize the use of the mark.
  (c) the Registrar may, on an application made
  
  in the prescribed manner, review his own decision.