7. A Conciliation Board shall in respect of any application made under this Law have the following powers :
| (a) where there is more than one debtor, to settle or determine, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Conciliation Boards Act, such debt in relation to any debtor resident in any area outside the Conciliation Board area or which such Board is constituted ; |
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| (b) in addition to the evidence added by the parties, to procure and receive all such other written or oral evidence as the Board may think it necessary or desirable to procure or examine. |
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| (c) to summon any person residing in Sri Lanka to attend any meeting of the Board to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession, and to examine him as a witness or debtor or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession; and |
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| (d) notwithstanding any of the provisions! of the Evidence Ordinance, to admit any written or oral evidence which might be inadmissible in civil proceedings. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts