(3)The Rent Tribunal and the Appellate Rent Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act No. 5 of 1908), but shall he guided by the principal of natural justice and subject to other provisions of this Act or the Rules made thereunder and shall have powers to regulate their own procedure, and for the purpose of discharging their functions under this Act they shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act No. 5 of 1908) while trying a suit or an appeal in respect of 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)reviewing its decision;(d)issuing commission for the examination of witnesses or documents;(e)dismission petition for default or deciding it ex-parte;(f)setting aside any order of dismissal of any petition for default or any order passed by it ex-parte;(g)bringing legal representatives on record; and(h)any other matter as may he prescribed.
