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Proceedings of Tribunal to be judicial proceedings.- Any proceedings before the Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 and for the purpose of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code and the Tribunal shall be deemed to be a Civil Court for the purpose of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974). 1[11A. Tribunal to have certain powers of a Civil Court.- For the purpose of proceedings under this Act, the Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a)summoning and enforcing attendance of any person and examining him on oath ; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document or any other material which is producible as evidence ; (c) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents (e) such other matters as may be prescribed.]1