Quasi-judicial body

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A quasi-judicial body is an individual or organization which has powers resembling those of a court of law or judge and is able to remedy a situation or impose legal penalties on a person or organization.

Powers

Such bodies usually have powers of adjudication in such matters as:

• breach of discipline
• conduct rules
• trust in the matters of money or otherwise.

Their powers are usually limited to a particular area of expertise, such as financial markets, employment law, public standards, immigration, or regulation.

Award and verdict

Awards and verdicts often depend on a pre-determined set of guidelines or punishment depending on the nature and gravity of the offence committed. Such punishment may be legally enforceable under the law of a country, it can be challenged in a court of law which is the final decisive authority.

List of quasi-judicial bodies

The following is a partial list of quasi-judicial bodies

• Company Law Board
• Philippines Commission on Elections
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal
• Canadian Transportation Agency
• European Patent Office
• Parades Commission
• Planning Committee
• Human Rights Committee
• International Narcotics Control Board
• Sheriffs Principal in Scotland
• Ontarian committees of adjustment
• Californian planning commissions
• California Coastal Commission
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Election Commission of India
• Commission of Inquiry
• US Patent & Trademark Office's Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences