(3) The Tribunal shall, have,' for the purposes of discharging its functions under this Act, the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 , (5 of 1908 .) while trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any parson and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) subject to the provisions of sections 123 and 12A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 , (1 of 1872 .) requisitioning any public record or document or copy of such record or document from any office;
(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents;
(f) reviewing its orders and decisions;
(g) dismissing an application or appeal for default or deciding it ex parte;
(h) setting aside any order of dismissal of any application or appeal for default or any order passed by it ex parte;
(i) for the execution of its orders and decisions and orders and decisions of Rent Authority under this Act, like decree of a civil court without reference to any civil court; and
(j) any other matter which may be prescribed.