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Appeal to judge in relation to permission or prohibition
Cap. 182, s. 50 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Any person aggrieved by the grant or the refusal by the Central Authority of a permission or by the making of a prohibition by the Central Authority under sections 49 to 52 of this Act may, within twenty-eight days from the date on which he received notice of the decision of the Central Authority,
appeal to a judge by notice in writing in which he shall set forth the grounds of his appeal.
(2) The judge shall cause the appellant and the Central Authority to appear before him, and it shall be lawful for him to hear and determine the matters in dispute in a summary manner, and for that purpose to examine such parties or any of them and their witnesses.
(3) The judge may dismiss or allow the appeal either unconditionally, or subject to such conditions as he thinks proper to impose and allow such costs as he may think fit.
(4) Where on an appeal under this section from the making of a prohibition, such prohibition is revoked by the judge, or is confirmed by the judge with new conditions inserted therein or with amendments of the conditions contained therein, the judge may, if he thinks proper, as part of his determination of the matters the subject of such appeal, direct the Central Authority to pay to the person by whom such appeal was brought such sum as the judge shall think proper to specify by way of compensation for loss suffered by such person by reason of such prohibition during the period between the making of such prohibition and the determination of such
(5) The determination by the judge of an appeal under this section shall be final and, in so far as it directs the Central Authority to do any act or thing, shall be complied with by the
Amended by: 17 of 1968; 10 of 2000
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