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Appeals

Cap. 185, s. 23 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Any person (including the Minister), who is aggrieved by any act or decision of the Tribunal and desires to question it or any part of it may appeal to the Court within thirty days from the date of the certificate of the Adjudicator given under 20 section 22 of this Act or within such extended time as the Court may, on good cause being shown, allow. (2) On such appeal, the Court may make such order or substitute for the decision of the Tribunal such decision as it may consider just and shall order as may be necessary and in such manner as it may think fit, rectification of the Register kept under the Registered Land Act, Cap. 194. (3) Any person (including the Minister), who is aggrieved by an order or decision of the Court made under subsection (2) of this section may appeal to the Court of Appeal, in accordance with the provisions of the Court of Appeal Act Cap. 90, governing appeals in civil proceedings and the Court of Appeal may upon such appeal affirm or reverse or amend the order or decision of the Court and shall order as may be necessary and in such manner as the Court of Appeal may think fit rectification of the Register kept under the Registered Land Act, Cap. 194, and may also make such order as to costs in the Court, and as to costs of the appeal, as the Court of Appeal thinks proper. (4) A decision of the Court on appeal under subsection (1) of this section or of the Court of Appeal under subsection (3) of this section, shall be in writing and copies of it shall be furnished by the court in question to the Registrar, to the appellant and to all other parties to the appeal and by the Registrar to all other parties who, in his opinion, may be affected by the appeal. (5) Any person (including the Minister), appealing under sub-section (1) of this section, shall give notice to the Registrar of his intention to appeal and the Registrar shall forthwith make an order under subsection (1) of section 135 of the Registered Land Act, Cap. 194 prohibiting or restricting dealings with any land entered in the Register and affected by the appeal. 21 (6) An appeal under subsection (1) shall be in such form and the parties thereto shall be liable to the payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
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