Section 19
Proceeding before every Tribunal to be judicial proceeding for certain purposes.
The Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of Tribunals for the determination, in a fair manner, of the question whether a person is an illegal migrant to enable the Central Government to expel illegal migrants from India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Every
proceeding before a 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 every such Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal, as the case may be, shall be deemed to a
civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(2 of 1974).