Section 15
Competent authority and Appellate Tribunal to have powers of civil court.
The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976
About this Act
An Act to provide for the forfeiture of illegally acquired properties of smugglers and foreign exchange manipulators and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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.
(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.