List out various powers of Cyber Appellate Tribunal.

CS Professional · Information Technology and Systems Audit · PYQS · December 2017
List out various powers of Cyber Appellate Tribunal.

Answer & Explanation:

For the purposes of discharging their functions under this Act, The Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall have 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) Summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) Requiring the discovery and production of documents or other electronic records; (c) Receiving evidence on affidavits; (d) Issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; (e) Reviewing its decisions; (f) Dismissing an application for default or deciding it ex parte (g) Any other matter which may be prescribed Every proceeding before the Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding and the Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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