Section 30 of The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296: Jurisdiction
In and for the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Act, a tribunal shall have the same jurisdiction and powers in civil matters as are conferred upon the High Court, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) shall have power—
(a) to administer oaths, and to order persons to attend and give evidence or to produce and give discovery and inspection of documents, in the same manner as in proceedings in the High Court, and for that purpose to authorize the Chairperson to issue summonses to compel the attendance of persons before it; and
(b) upon the determination of any application or other proceeding, in its discretion, to order any party thereto to pay the whole or any part of the costs thereof, and either itself to fix the amount of those costs or to direct taxation thereof by the taxing officer of the High Court, either on the High Court scale or on the subordinate court scale.
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