Section 22 Legal Services Authorities Act

22. Powers of 2[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat.] —(1) The 2[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall, for the purposes of holding any dete rmination under this Act, have the same powers as a re vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Pro cedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), while trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely: —

(a) the summoning and enforcing the attendance of any witness and examining him on oath;

(b) the discovery and production of any document;

(d) the requisitioning of any public record or docume nt or copy of such record or document from any court or office; and

(e) such other matters as may be prescribed.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers contained in sub-section (1), every 2[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall have the requisite p owers to specify its own procedure for the determination of any dispute coming before it.

(3) All proceedings before a 2[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall be deeme d to be judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193,219 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and every 2[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall be deeme d to be a Civil Court for the purpose of section195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). 3[CHAPTER VIA PRE-LITIGATION CONCILIATION AND SETTLEMENT

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Section 22 Legal Services Authorities Act — Powers of 2[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat.]