Lawgist11Certifying Officers and appellate authorities to have powers of civil court
1[(1)] Every Certifying Officer and appellate authority shall have all the powers of a Civil Court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing the attendance of witnesses, and compelling the discovery and production of documents, and shall be deemed to be a civil court within the meaning of 2[sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).]
3[(2) Clerical or arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by a Certifying Officer or appellate authority, or errors arising therein from any accidental slip or omission may, at any time, be corrected by that Officer or authority or the successor in office of such Officer or authority, as the case may be.]
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1. S. 11 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 39 of 1963, s. 5 (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 6, for "sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)" (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).
3. Ins. by Act 39 of 1963, s. 5 (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
- 1 Short title, extent and application
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 Submission of draft standing orders
- 4 Conditions for certification of standing orders
- 5 Certification of standing orders
- 6 Appeals
- 7 Date of operation of standing orders
- 8 Register of standing orders
- 9 Posting of standing orders
- 10 Duration and modification of standing orders
- 10A Payment of subsistence allowance
- 11 Certifying Officers and appellate authorities to have powers of civil court
- 12 Oral evidence in contradiction of standing orders not admissible
- 12A Temporary application of model standing orders
- 13 Penalties and procedure
- 13A Interpretation, etc., of standing orders
- 13B Act not to apply to certain industrial establishments
- 14 Power to exempt
- 14A Delegation of powers
- 15 Power to make rules
