(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the District Aqua-culture Seed Committee may within thirty days from the date on which the decision is communicated to him and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, prefer an appeal to the State Aqua-culture Seed Committee.
(2) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the State Aqua-Culture Seed Committee may within thirty (30) days from the date on which the decision is communicated to him and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, prefer an appeal to the Government:
Appeal.
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Provided that the appellate authority may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
(3) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2), the appellate authority shall, after giving an opportunity of being heard dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible.
(4) Every order passed by the State Aqua-Culture Seed Committee on an appeal preferred to it and the orders passed by the Government on an appeal preferred to them under this section, shall be final.
26. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Government or any officer or employee of the Government for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
27. Any person acting under this Act shall be deemed to be a Public Servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
28. Nothing in this Act shall apply to any Aqua-culture seed of any notified kind or variety grown by a person and sold or delivered by him in his own premises direct to another person for being used by that person for the purpose of recreation.
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