Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
43.
Procedure
and powers of Appellate Board.
1. The Appellate Board
shall not be bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure,
1908 but shall be guided by principles of natural justice and, subject to the
provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Appellate Board shall
have powers to regulate its own procedure including the fixing of places and
times of its hearing.
2. The Appellate Board
shall have, for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Act, the
same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure,
1908 while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:-
a.
receiving
evidence;
b.
issuing
commissions for examination of witnesses;
c.
requisitioning
any public record; and
d.
any
other matter which may be prescribed.
1.
2.
3. Any proceeding before
the Appellate Board shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the
meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purpose of section 196 of the
Indian Penal Code, and the Appellate Board shall be deemed to be a civil court
for all the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973.