(1) An appeal against any order of the competent authority made under this Act or the rules made thereunder may be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of communication of the order to the person aggrieved by such order:
Provided that the appellate authority may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
(2) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall lie with such officer, not below the rank of Deputy Director of Fisheries, as the State Government may by notification appoint.
(3) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the appellate authority shall, after giving the appellant a reasonable opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it deems fit within a period not exceeding ninety days from the date of admission of the appeal.
182 The West Bengal Inland Fisheries Act, 1984.
XXV of 1984.]
(Chapter IV.—Miscellaneous. --Sections 19-23.)
(4) Every order passed by the appellate authority under this section shall be final.