Section 7: Power of Tribunal and appellate authority
The Kerala Debt Relief Act, 1977State Act of Kerala · Act 17 of 1977
(1) Every Tribunal and every appellate authority shall have the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:— 8
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) any other matter which may be prescribed.
(2) The decisions of the Tribunals and the appellate authorities under this Act shall have the force of a decree of a civil court.