law: Delimitation Act, 2002
  7. Procedure and
  
  powers of the Commission.-
  1.  
  
    The
  
  Commission shall determine its own procedure and shall, in the performance of
  
  its functions, have all the powers of 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 witnesses;
  b.   requiring the
  
  production of any document; and
  c.   requisitioning any
  
  public record from any court or office.
  1.  
  
   
  2.  
  
    The
  
  Commission shall have power to require any person to furnish any information on
  
  such points or matters as in the opinion of the Commission may be useful for,
  
  or relevant to, any matter under the consideration of the Commission.
  3.  
  
    The
  
  Commission may authorise any of its members to exercise any of the powers
  
  conferred on it by clauses (a) to (c) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2),
  
  and any order made or act done in exercise of any of those powers by the member
  
  authorised by he Commission in that behalf shall be deemed to be the order or
  
  act, as the case may be, of the Commission.
  4.  
  
    If
  
  there is a difference of opinion among the members, the opinion of the majority
  
  shall prevail, and acts and orders of the Commission shall be expressed in
  
  terms of the views of the majority.
  5.  
  
    The
  
  Commission as well as any group of associate members shall have power to act
  
  notwithstanding the temporary absence of a member or associate member or the
  
  existence of a vacancy in the Commission or in that or any other group of
  
  associate members; and no act or proceeding of the Commission or of any group
  
  of associate members shall be invalid or called in question on the ground
  
  merely of such temporary absence or of the existence of such vacancy.
  6.  
  
    The
  
  Commission 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).
  Explanation.-For the purposes of
  
  enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits of the jurisdiction of
  
  the Commission shall be the limits of the territory of India.