law: Company Law Board Regulations, 1991 
  32. Powers and duties
  
  of the Bench Officer – 
  1.     
  
    In
  
  addition to the powers conferred elsewhere in these Regulations, the Bench
  
  Officer shall have the followings powers and duties subject to any general or
  
  special order of the Bench concerned, namely-
               
  
   i.        
  
    to
  
  receive all petitions or applications and other documents including transferred
  
  applications;
              
  
   ii.        
  
    to
  
  decide all questions arising out of the security of the petitions and
  
  applications before they are registered;
             
  
   iii.        
  
    to
  
  require any petition or application presented to the Bench to be amended in
  
  accordance with the Act and the regulations;
             
  
   iv.        
  
    subject
  
  to the direction of the Bench, to fix the date of first hearing of the
  
  petitions or applications or other proceedings and issue notices thereof;
              
  
   v.        
  
    to
  
  direct any formal amendment of records;
             
  
   vi.        
  
    to
  
  order grant of copies of documents to parties to the proceedings;
            
  
   vii.        
  
    to
  
  grant leave to inspect the records of the Bench;
           
  
   viii.        
  
    to
  
  dispose of matters relating to service of notices;
             
  
   ix.        
  
    to
  
  receive applications within thirty days from the date of death for substitution
  
  of authorised representatives of the deceased parties during the pendency of
  
  the petition or application;
              
  
   x.        
  
    to
  
  receive and dispose of application for substitution, except where the
  
  substitution would involve setting aside an order of abatement;
             
  
   xi.        
  
    to
  
  receive and dispose of applications by parties for return of documents.
  2.     
  
    An
  
  appeal against any decision by a Bench Officer under clause (ii), (iii), (v)and
  
  (vii)shall be made to the Bench by the aggrieved party within fifteen days from
  
  the date such decision is communicated to him.