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Appeals
Cap. 260, s. 31F · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Subject to sub-section (2), a person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar made under this Act may, within 30 days of the date of the decision, appeal to the Supreme Court 55 under the provisions of Part IX of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and for this purpose, the Registrar is deemed to be an inferior court and the rules governing inferior court appeals apply, with such changes as the circumstances require,
to every such appeal.
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(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 Registrar in relation to which the application or appeal is made, but the appellant may, within the time prescribed under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act,
for filing such appeal, apply to the Supreme Court for stay of execution of the order appealed 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 back to the Registrar for further consideration with such directions as it considers fit.
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