Under Section 22(3), proceedings before the DRT are

Solution

Section 22(3) provides that any proceeding before the Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Sections 193 (punishment for false evidence/perjury) and 228 (intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in judicial proceedings) of the IPC, and for purposes of Section 196 IPC. Additionally, the Tribunal is deemed a civil court for Section 195 IPC and Chapter XXVI of the CrPC, 1973. This ensures perjury laws and contempt principles applicable to civil courts apply equally to DRT proceedings, maintaining the integrity of quasi-judicial adjudication in debt recovery matters.