(1)

The Registrar, or his nominee or board of nominees, hearing a dispute under Section 98 shall hear the dispute in the manner prescribed, and shall have power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses including the parties interested or any of them and to compel them to give evidence, and to compel the production of a documents by the same means and as far as possible in the same manner as provided in the case of a Civil Court by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908).

(2)

Except where a dispute involves complicated question of law or fact, no legal practitioner in his capacity as a legal practitioner or as person holding a power of attorney shall be permitted to appear on behalf of any party at the hearing of a dispute.

(3)

(4)

[ Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the following disputes or class of disputes, if the plaintiff so desires, shall be decided summarily by the Registrar, or his nominee or board of nominees, in such manner as may be prescribed, namely :-

(5)

(6)

The Registrar, his nominees or, as the case may be, board of nominees shall under special circumstances set aside the award passed by him and if necessary stay or set aside execution, and may grant leave to the defendant to appear and defend the disputes, if it seems reasonable so to do, and on such terms as he thinks fit.] [Inserted for sub-sections (4) to (6) by Gujarat Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 1997 (Act 4 of 1997) Section 3]