(1) Any person iik&;:.:rl by 2-1 order of 'the competent authority refusing to grant or to renew a licence or cancelling c r suspending a ilcence, or in the case referred to in clause (ii) of sub-section (1) or of sub-section (2) of section 7, the applicant concerned, may, within such ,time as may be prescribed, appeal to such authority 'as the Government nay specify in this behalf ;
Provided that such authority may, in its discretion, allow further time not exceeding one month for the Gling of any such appeal, if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not filing the appeal in time.
(2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (11, the appellate authority shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible.
(3) The itppellate authority may stay the operation of thc order of the competent authority cancelling or suspending a licence, pending the exercise of its powers under this section.
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oceeding or the conecmess, legalit) ecision or order ~ a s s e d therein and pears to the * Board of Pievellue n or ,grder should be nlodifified, remitted for reconsideratiou, m y pass orders accordingly :
Provided that the * Board of Revenue shall uo!
this su b-section prejodictiai to any a reasonable opportunity of inaking Every application to ihc * Eoi11.d 01' Kevcnur exercise of its powers under this section shall be nths fro111 the datc on wi~jch the which the ilpplicat~on relates ----I-___ - - Power of a competent authority, enginex-, e to enter pc building.
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Powor t o IS. (1) If the appellate authority mentioned jn , section probibit the use 11 9 in any case pcuding befcrc it, or if [lie coxnpeient,+uthority, in any other case, is satisfi~d upon inspection' cjf a building in aortain cases, public building or otherwise- I. :
(i) that the said building is in a ruinous stat
(ii) that there is reason to apprehend i danger to life or property, G r
(iii) that there is no liccncc, such authorit:, sllall, without prejudice to any other anion taken under this Act, by written order, prohibit forthwith the use of the: public building as a public building.
:>.. r ' - , (2) If the bwner ne4 the ot erPt subsection (I), it shall be lawful for the authority mentioned in that sub-seciion to take such steps and use such force as may be necessary to prohibit the further use of such building as a public building:
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f " . (3) Any person aggrieved by an order of the competent authority under this section may, within such tir& as may bc prescribed, appeal lo tlle appellate authority.
mentioned in section 11 and llle provisions of that section shall apply to such appeal as they apply to an appeal against an ordcr cancciling a licence.
(4) Any order passed by the appellate authority under this section sl~all be subject to revision by the * Board of Revenue under section 13, Fena ltres. 16. (1) If any pe~son contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the cc~i:;.:-;~i::ion cf the provisiofis of section 3, or of scction 9, or an order passed under section 15, he shall be. p~nnishable with imprisonment for a', term which may cxiend to six months, or with fine which. may extend to five rltousand rupees, or with both, andin tbe case of a continuing centravention, with an additions which m y =xi:lcnb io five hundred rupees for s a y day el which such con~ravtmion cominues afier conviaion for the I first such contraven~ion.
--- -- - --- 4 i -- - * By viit irc of section 10(1) of the Tamil Nadu Board of Revenue I I p b:.llt~on ,?ct, 1 984.; (Tamil Nadu Act 36 of 1980), any referem to the Board of R ~ e n u e shall k deemed to be 3. reference tc the Statc Governmeri.t, Jurisdiction of criminal courts.
Power to exempt.certain cases.
Competent authority, etc., to be public S ~ I tants.
Civil Courts not to decide questions under this Act.
Finality of orders passed under this Act.
Indemnit y.
PU&~C ~ u i l d i d ~ s ((tcensingj
19. No court inferior to tkli of a *Presidency qagistrate or a Magistrate of the firsr-dass shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
20. If the Government are of opinion tlrit i t would not be in tile public interest to apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to any class of public buildings, they mly, by notification, exempt such class of public buildings from all or any of the provisions of this Act or arly ruies mlde thereunder subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Goveri~inent may impose.
21. Every authority and cvery officer duly authorised to discharge any duties imposed on it or him by or under this Acr &&all b; deemr;d to be a public servant within the mcaning of scciion 21 of the Indian Penal Code (Central As: XLV of 1860).
22. No Civil Court shall havz jurisdiction to decide or deal with any question which i required to be decided or dealt wit oficsr mmtioncd in this Act.