Section 7
General powers of Prize Courts.
The Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment and procedure of Prize Courts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) A Prize Court shall, for the purposes of this Act, have the
same powers as are vested in 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 persons and examining them on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) requisitioning any public record or copies thereof from any court or office;
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
(f) any other matter which may be prescribed by rules.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), every Prize Court shall have the power to enforce--
(a) any order or decree of another Prize Court passed in a prize proceeding under this Act;
(b) any order of the Central Government passed in a prize appeal under section 6.
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of persons and examining them on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) requisitioning any public record or copies thereof from any court or office;
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
(f) any other matter which may be prescribed by rules.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), every Prize Court shall have the power to enforce--
(a) any order or decree of another Prize Court passed in a prize proceeding under this Act;
(b) any order of the Central Government passed in a prize appeal under section 6.