Section 55

procure and receive all such evidence on oath or affirmation, whether written or oral, and examine all such persons as witnesses, as the Tribunal thinks necessary to procure, receive or examine;

require the production before it of books, papers, documents, records or things;

administer such oath, affirmation or statutory declaration, as the case may require;

seek and receive such other evidence and make such other inquiries as it thinks fit;

summon the parties to the proceedings or any other person to attend before it to give evidence or to produce any document, records or other thing in his possession or otherwise to assist the Tribunal in its deliberations;

receive expert evidence; and

generally direct and do all such things as may be necessary or expedient for the expeditious determination of the claim.

A summons issued under this section shall be served and enforced as if it were a summons issued by a subordinate court.

Tribunal may act in absence of party