Power of the Court with regard to new evidence

(1) The Court may, in any case where it considers it necessary– (a) direct that a case be re-heard before the Court itself on some day to be fixed in that behalf, and any person may be called as a witness, whether he gave evidence before the inferior court or not; (b) order that the evidence of a particular witness or witnesses be adduced before the Court then or on some day to be fixed in that behalf, whether that witness or those witnesses gave evidence before the inferior court or not; or (c) remit the cause to the inferior court to take the evidence of any witness or witnesses, whether that witness or those witnesses gave evidence before the inferior court or not, and in that case either direct the inferior court to adjudicate afresh after taking the evidence subject to such directions in law, if any, as the Court thinks fit to give, or may direct it, after taking the evidence, to report specific findings of fact for the information of the Court, the cause on any such reference, so far as may be practicable and necessary, being so dealt with as if it were being heard in the first instance. (2) Whenever any person is required to give evidence under this section he may be summoned or produced in the same manner, and remunerated at the same rate, and be subject to the same pains, penalties and liabilities for non-attendance as are provided in respect of witnesses summoned to attend at the hearing or trial of a civil cause before the Court.