# The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Section 31: Certifying officers and appellate authority to have powers of civil court

- Act: The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (Act 35 of 2020)
- Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/industrial-relations-code-2020/section/31/

## Text

(1) Every certifying officer and the appellate authority referred to in section 32 shall have all the powers of a civil court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oath, enforcing the attendance of witnesses, and compelling the discovery and production of documents, and shall be deemed to be a civil court within the meaning of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). (2) Clerical or arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by a certifying officer, or errors arising therein from any accidental slip or omission may, at any time, be corrected by that officer or successor in office of such officer.

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