For the purposes of section 215 and Chapter XXVIII of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, an…

Section 45(7) of the Code on Wages, 2019 provides that the authority under section 45(1) and the appellate authority under section 49(1) "shall be deemed to be a civil court" for all the purposes of section 215 and Chapter XXVIII of the BNSS, 2023 (formerly s.195 and Chapter XXVI CrPC, to which s.45(7) refers; read as the BNSS provisions by s.8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897). These provisions govern prosecution for offences against public justice, such as false evidence, and the procedure for offences affecting the administration of justice. The authority is not deemed a Court of Session or an Industrial Tribunal, and it is not a merely administrative body.