law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  71. Procedure and
  
  powers of Tribunal. - 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil
  
  Procedure, 1908 but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and,
  
  subject to the other provisions of this Act and the rules made there under, the
  
  Tribunal shall have powers to regulate its own procedure including the place at
  
  which it shall have its sittings.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Tribunal 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, 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 or other electronic records;
  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.     any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed by the Central Government.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    Every
  
  proceeding before the 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, it 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.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  appellant may either appear in person or authorise one or more legal
  
  practitioners or any of its officers to represent his case before the Tribunal.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963, shall, except as otherwise provided in
  
  this Act, apply to an appeal made to the Tribunal.
  6.     
  
    Any
  
  person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Tribunal may file an appeal to
  
  the High Court within sixty days from the date of communication of the decision
  
  or order of the Tribunal to him on any question of fact or law arising out of
  
  such order: Provided that the High Court may, if it is satisfied that the
  
  appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal within the
  
  said period, allow it to be filed within a further period not exceeding sixty
  
  days.