(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of a competent authority refusing to grant or renew a licence or suspending or cancelling a licence, may appeal in such form and manner within such period and to such authority, as may be prescribed:
Proveded that the appellate authority may entertain the appeal on expiry of the prescribed period, if it is satisfied that the applellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
(2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate authority shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such order on the appeal as it thinks fit.
(3) An order passed under this section shall, subject to the decisions of revision under section 12, be final.
12.(1) The State Government may on an application made to it by an aggrieved person against an order in appeal or suo moto against an order of the competent authority and also against an order in appeal, at any time, for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of any order passed under this Act, call for and examine the record of any case and may pass such order thereon, as it thinks fit:
Provided that the State Government shall not exercise the power conferered on it by this section, in respect of an order against which an appeal is pending;
Provided further that the State Government shall not pass any order under this section which adversely affects any person, unless such person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(2) An order passed under this section shall be final.
13. For the purpose of ascertaining the position, or examining the working of any fruit-plants nursery or place of business where the fruit- plants are sold or for any other purpose mentioned in this Act or the rules made thereunder, the competent authority or any person authorized by it or by the State Government in this behalf, shall have the right at all reasonable hours and with or without assistants—
(a) to enter into any fruit-plant nursery or place of business where the fruit-plants are sold and to inspect or examine the fruit-plants therein;
(b) to order the production of any account book, register, record or other document relating to such nursery or such place of business and take or cause to be taken extracts from, or copies of such a document;
(e) to ask all necessary questions and examine any person having control of, or employed in connection with, such nursery.
(2) The licensee and all persons employed in connection with such nursery or such place of business shall afford the competent authority or the authorized person all reasonable access and facilities for such inspection and examination as may be required for the purposes aforesaid and shall be bound to answer all questions to the best of their knowledge and belief to produce documents in their possession and to furnish such other information in relation to the fruit-plant nursery or place of business where fruit plants are sold as may be required by such authority or person.
14. If any person—
(a) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or contravenes the provisions of any rule made thereunder, the contravention of which is made punishable under this section; or Appeals, Revision.
Power of entry and inspection.
Penalties.
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Jurisdiction of court.
Officers and persons exercising power under this Act to be public servants.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
Power to delegate.
Power to make rules.
(b) obstructs any officer or person in the exercise of any powers conferred or in the performance of any duty imposed on him by or under this Act, he shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or both.