Section 56(3) in Andhra Pradesh Housing Board Act, 1956
(3)The competent authority and appellate authority shall be deemed to be a Civil Court for a purpose of Section 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) and any proceeding before the competent authority and the appellate authority shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860).
