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s 87 Powers of Social Security Appellate Board
(1) The Board shall have all the powers of a Sessions Court Judge for the purposes of summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses, compelling the discovery and production of documents and material objects, administering oath and recording evidence.
(2) The Board shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed by regulations.
(3) All costs incidental to any proceedings before a Board, shall, subject to such regulations as may be made in this behalf, be in the discretion of the Board.
(4) An order of the Board shall be enforceable as if it were a judgment of a Sessions Court notwithstanding that the same may
be in respect of an amount in excess of the ordinary jurisdiction of the said Court.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kuasa Jemaah Rayuan Keselamatan Sosial
(1) Jemaah mempunyai segala kuasa seseorang Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen bagi maksud mengeluarkan saman dan memaksa kehadiran saksi, penzahiran, pengemukaan suratan dan bendabenda mustahak, mentadbirkan sumpah dan merekodkan keterangan.
(2) Jemaah hendaklah mematuhi apa-apa tatacara sebagaimana yang ditetapkan melalui peraturan.
(3) Segala belanja bersabit dengan apa-apa prosiding di hadapan sesuatu Jemaah hendaklah, tertakluk kepada apa-apa peraturan sebagaimana yang dibuat bagi maksud ini, mengikut budi bicara Jemaah.
(4) Sesuatu perintah Jemaah hendaklah dikuatkuasakan seolaholah ia adalah suatu hukuman Mahkamah Sesyen walaupun perintah itu ialah berkenaan dengan jumlah wang yang lebih daripada apa yang Mahkamah tersebut berkuasa membuatnya.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
