Delimitation Act, 2002
7. Procedure and
powers of the Commission.-
1.
The
Commission shall determine its own procedure and shall, in the performance of
its functions, have all the powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), while trying a suit, in respect of the following
matters, namely:-
a. summoning and
enforcing the attendance of witnesses;
b. requiring the
production of any document; and
c. requisitioning any
public record from any court or office.
1.
2.
The
Commission shall have power to require any person to furnish any information on
such points or matters as in the opinion of the Commission may be useful for,
or relevant to, any matter under the consideration of the Commission.
3.
The
Commission may authorise any of its members to exercise any of the powers
conferred on it by clauses (a) to (c) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2),
and any order made or act done in exercise of any of those powers by the member
authorised by he Commission in that behalf shall be deemed to be the order or
act, as the case may be, of the Commission.
4.
If
there is a difference of opinion among the members, the opinion of the majority
shall prevail, and acts and orders of the Commission shall be expressed in
terms of the views of the majority.
5.
The
Commission as well as any group of associate members shall have power to act
notwithstanding the temporary absence of a member or associate member or the
existence of a vacancy in the Commission or in that or any other group of
associate members; and no act or proceeding of the Commission or of any group
of associate members shall be invalid or called in question on the ground
merely of such temporary absence or of the existence of such vacancy.
6.
The
Commission shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of sections 345
and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
Explanation.-For the purposes of
enforcing the attendance of witnesses, the local limits of the jurisdiction of
the Commission shall be the limits of the territory of India.