law: The Competition Act, 2002 
  36. Power of
  
  Commission to regulate its own procedure.-
  1.  
  
    The
  
  Commission 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 made
  
  by the Central Government, the Commission shall have powers to regulate its own
  
  procedure including the places at which they shall have their sittings,
  
  duration of oral hearings when granted, and times of its inquiry.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  Commission 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.   issuing commissions
  
  for the examination of witnesses or documents;
  e.   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;
  f.   dismissing an
  
  application in default or deciding it ex parte;
  g.   any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed.
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    Every
  
  proceeding before the Commission shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding
  
  within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 and for the purposes of section 196
  
  of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and the Commission 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).
  4.  
  
    The
  
  Commission may call upon such experts, from the fields of economics, commerce,
  
  accountancy, international trade or from any other discipline as it deems
  
  necessary, to assist the Commission in the conduct of any inquiry or proceeding
  
  before it.
  5.  
  
    The
  
  Commission may direct any person- 
  a.   to produce before the
  
  Director General or the Registrar or an officer authorised by it, such books,
  
  accounts or other documents in the custody or under the control of such person
  
  so directed as may be specified or described in the direction, being documents
  
  relating to any trade, the examination of which may be required for the
  
  purposes of this Act;
  b.   to furnish to the
  
  Director General or the Registrar or any officer authorised by it, as respects
  
  the trade or such other information as may be in his possession in relation to
  
  the trade carried on by such person, as may be required for the purposes o this
  
  Act.
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    If
  
  the Commission is of the opinion that any agreement referred to in section 3 or
  
  abuse of dominant position referred to in section 4 or the combination referred
  
  to in section 5 has caused or is likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect
  
  on competition in the relevant market in India and it is necessary to protect,
  
  without further delay, the interests of consumers and other market participants
  
  in India, it may conduct an inquiry or adjudicate upon any matter under this
  
  Act after giving a reasonable oral hearing to the parties concerned.