Cap. 573 ст. 58Powers of the Board.    Cap. 12.  Cap. 12.

(1) The Arbitration Board shall be competent:

(a) to order immediate possession of any land to be given to the competent authority;

(b) to order the transfer of any land to the competent authority in absolute ownership;

(c) to order the subjection of land to any easement;

(d) to assess the amount of compensation payable under any of the provisions of this Act and for this purpose to declare whether any area is a building site or not, provided that the amount of compensation that shall be determined by the Board does not exceed the highest amount of compensation that has been proposed by any one of the parties;

(e) to order that the Declaration of expropriation be revoked;

(f) to order that the land be returned to the owner;

(g) to liquidate and pay moral and material damages;

(h) to decide on issues related to interest;

(i) to determine who is the owner or who has a title on a land that has been subject to the Declaration or that has been occupied by the Government without the issuance of such Declaration;

(j) to determine the date when the Government possessed such land;

(k) to call upon persons to enter into proceedings for the purpose of establishing who is the owner or who has a title on the land that has been subject to the Declaration which has been occupied by the Government without the issuance of such Declaration; and

(l) to order the execution of its decisions.

(2) The Arbitration Board has the same powers as are by law vested in the Civil Court, First Hall, and subject to the provisions of this Act the provisions in the Code of Organization and Civil

Procedure shall, as far as practicable, be applicable to the Arbitration Board.

(3) All acts shall be issued in the name of the Arbitration Board and shall be signed by the chairman.

(4) The chairman shall decide all questions in regard to the admissibility of evidence, the competence of witnesses, and all other questions relating to procedure.

(5) The Registrar of Courts or any other person deputed by him shall be the registrar of the Board, and all acts brought before the Board shall be kept in the Registry of the Superior Courts which shall be the registry of the Board.

(6) All acts shall be filed, issued and served in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, subject to any rules made under this Act.

(7) Parties shall be heard on the day established by the Arbitration Board.