Electricity Act, 2003
94. Powers of
Appropriate Commission.-
1.
The
Appropriate Commission shall, for the purposes of any inquiry or proceedings
under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court 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. discovery and
production of any document or other material object producible as evidence;
c. receiving evidence on
affidavits;
d. requisitioning of any
public record;
e. issuing commission
for the examination of witnesses;
f. reviewing its
decisions, directions and orders;
g. any other matter
which may be prescribed.
1.
2.
The
Appropriate Commission shall have the powers to pass such interim order in any
proceeding, hearing or matter before the Appropriate Commission, as that
Commission may consider appropriate.
3.
The
Appropriate Commission may authorise any person, as it deems fit, to represent
the interest of the consumers in the proceedings before it.