18. Procedure.—Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, every Tribunal
and every Appellate Tribunal shall have the power to regulate its own procedure in all matters arising out
of the exercise of its powers or for the discharge of its functions.
19. Proceeding before every Tribunal to be judicial proceeding for certain purposes.—Every
proceeding before a Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within
the meaning of sections 193 and 228, and for the purposes of section 196 of the Indian Penal Code
(45 of 1860); and every such Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal, as the case may be, shall be deemed to a
civil court for the purposes of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
(2 of 1974).
