law: Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 
  22. Procedure and powers of the Tribunal and the Appellate
  
  Tribunal 
  (1) The Tribunal and 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 and of any rules, the Tribunal and the Appellate
  
  Tribunal shall have powers to regulate their own procedure including the places
  
  at which they shall have their sittings.
  (2) The Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal shall have, for the
  
  purposes of discharging their 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) reviewing its decisions;
  (f) dismissing an application for default or
  
  deciding it ex parte;
  (g) setting aside any order of dismissal of
  
  any application for default or any order passed by it ex parte;
  (h) any other matter which may be prescribed.
  (3) Any proceeding before the Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal
  
  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 Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court
  
  for all the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).