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Cap. 104, s. 22B · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to sub-section (2), a person who is aggrieved by a decision of a supervisory authority, the competent authority or the Financial Intelligence Unit made under this Act or under any regulations made or guidelines issued under this Act may, within 30 days of the date of the decision, appeal to the Supreme Court under the provisions of Part IX of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and for this purpose, the supervisory authority or competent authority shall be deemed to be an inferior court and the rules governing the inferior court appeals shall mutatis mutandis apply to every such appeal. Cap. 91. (2) Notwithstanding section 112 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, an application for leave to appeal, an appeal and an application for judicial review shall not itself result in the suspension of the decision of the supervisory authority, the competent authority or the Financial Intelligence Unit in relation to which the application or appeal is made, but the appellant may, within the time prescribed for filing such appeal, apply to the Supreme Court for stay of execution of the order appeal from, pending the determination of such appeal. (3) Upon hearing an appeal, the Supreme Court may– (a) dismiss the appeal; or (b) remit the matter to the supervisory authority or the competent for further consideration with such directions as it considers fit.

Amended by: 7 of 2016

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