(1)Subject to any rules made in this behalf, the Controller in any proceedings before him under this Act shall have 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 any document;
         (c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
         (d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
         (e) awarding costs;
         (f) reviewing his own decision on application made within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner;
         (g) setting aside an order passed ex parte on application made within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner;
         (h) any other matter which may be prescribed.
     (2) Any order for costs awarded by the Controller in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under sub-section (1) shall be executable as a decree of a civil court.