law: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
  11. Power of
  
  Authority.-
  In all proceedings
  
  under this Act before the Authority or the Registrar,-
  a.  
  
    the
  
  Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall have all the powers of a
  
  civil court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oaths,
  
  enforcing the attendance of witnesses, compelling the discovery and production
  
  of documents an issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses;
  b.  
  
    the
  
  Authority or the Registrar may, subject to any rules made in this behalf under
  
  this Act, make such orders as to costs as it considers reasonable and any such
  
  order shall be executable as a decree of a civil court.