law: Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976
  15. Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal
  
  to have powers of civil court-
  The competent authority, and the Appellate
  
  Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under
  
  the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ( 5 of 1908) , 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 or affidavits;
  d. Requisitioning any public record or copy
  
  thereof from any court or office;
  e. Issuing commissions for examination of
  
  witnesses or documents;
  f. Any other matter which may be prescribed.