The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — back to Table of Contents
Section 71. Procedure and powers of Tribunal
The Tribunal is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but is guided by principles of natural justice, and may regulate its own procedure, including the place of its sittings.
For discharging its functions, the Tribunal has the same powers as a civil court trying a suit in respect of summoning and examining persons on oath, requiring discovery and production of documents or electronic records, receiving evidence on affidavit, issuing commissions for examination of witnesses or documents, reviewing its own decisions, dismissing an application for default or deciding it ex parte, and any other matter the Central Government may prescribe.
Every proceeding before the Tribunal is deemed a judicial proceeding under Sections 193 and 228, and the Tribunal is deemed a civil court for the purposes of Section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
An appellant may appear in person or through legal practitioners or officers. The Limitation Act, 1963 applies to appeals before the Tribunal except as otherwise provided.
A person aggrieved by a decision or order of the Tribunal may appeal to the High Court within sixty days of communication of the order, extendable by a further sixty days on sufficient cause.
