A quasi-judicial body is an individual or organization which has powers resembling those of a court of law or judge

Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

 and is able to remedy a situation or impose legal penalties on a person or organization.

Powers

Such bodies usually have powers of adjudication

Adjudication

Adjudication is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations between the parties involved....

 in such matters as:

• breach of discipline
• conduct rules
  Code of Conduct
  A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the responsibilities of or proper practices for an individual, party or organization. Related concepts include ethical codes and honor codes....
  
  
• trust in the matters of money or otherwise.

Their powers are usually limited to a particular area of expertise, such as financial market

Financial market

In economics, a financial market is a mechanism that allows people and entities to buy and sell financial securities , commodities , and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that reflect supply and demand.Both general markets and...

s, 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
  Company Law Board
  The Company Law Board is an independent quasi-judicial body in India which has powers to overlook the behaviour of companies within the Company Law. It was constituted in its present form on May 31, 1991.Under Section 10E of the Companies Act, 1956 replacing the erstwhile Company Law Board which...
  
  
• Philippines Commission on Elections
  Commission on Elections (Philippines)
  The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections, initiatives, referendums, and recalls....
  
  
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal
  Canadian International Trade Tribunal
  The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is an independent quasi-judicial body operating in Canada's trade remedy system. The administrative tribunal, which considers cases of dumping and subsidizing, reports to Parliament through the Minister of Finance. The organization hears appeals, conducts...
  
  
• Canadian Transportation Agency
  Canadian Transportation Agency
  The Canadian Transportation Agency is an independent administrative tribunal of the Government of Canada that makes decisions relating to federally-regulated modes of transportation...
  
  
• European Patent Office
  European Patent Office
  The European Patent Office is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the Organisation while the Administrative Council acts as its supervisory body as well as, to a limited extent, its legislative...
  
  
• Parades Commission
  Parades Commission
  The Parades Commission is a quasi-judicial non-departmental public body responsible for placing restrictions on or banning outright any parades in Northern Ireland it deems contentious or offensive. It is composed of seven members, all of whom are appointed by the Secretary of State for Northern...
  
  
• Planning Committee
  Planning committee
  A planning committee in the United Kingdom is a committee of local authority councillors that sit as the local planning authority to determine planning applications....
  
  
• Human Rights Committee
  Human Rights Committee
  The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets three times a year for four-week sessions to consider the five-yearly reports submitted by 162 UN member states on their compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,...
  
  
• International Narcotics Control Board
  International Narcotics Control Board
  The International Narcotics Control Board is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions...
  
  
• Sheriffs Principal in Scotland
  Sheriff Principal
  The office of sheriff principal is unique within the judicial structure of Scotland, and it cannot therefore readily be compared with any other judicial office. It is one of great antiquity, having existed continuously since around the 11th century...
  
  
• Ontarian committees of adjustment
  Committee of adjustment
  A Committee of Adjustment, similar to a Zoning Board of Adjustment, is a quasi-judicial body in each Ontario municipality that adjudicates matters related to minor variances to Zoning by-laws and consents to severances of land....
  
  
• Californian planning commissions
• California Coastal Commission
  California Coastal Commission
  The California Coastal Commission is a state agency in the U.S. state of California with quasi-judicial regulatory oversight over land use and public access in the California coastal zone....
  
  
• Federal Aviation Administration
  Federal Aviation Administration
  The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
  
  
• Election Commission of India
  Election Commission of India
  The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, quasi-judiciary constitutional body of India. Its mission is to conduct free and fair elections in India...
  
  
• Commission of Inquiry