section 7
General powers of Prize Courts.
The Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971Defence197120 sections
Statutory text
- (1) A Prize Court shall, for the purposes of this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:--
- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of persons and examining them on oath;
- (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;
- (c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
- (d) requisitioning any public record or copies thereof from any court or office;
- (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
- (f) any other matter which may be prescribed by rules.
- (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), every Prize Court shall have the power to enforce--
- (a) any order or decree of another Prize Court passed in a prize proceeding under this Act;
- (b) any order of the Central Government passed in a prize appeal under section 6.
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