(1) An appeal may be made in the prescribed manner to an Appellate Officer to be appointed by the State Government, against any decision or order of an authority, made under this Act.
(2) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be made within thirty days from the date of the decision or order referred to in that sub-section.
(3) The State Government may make rules regarding the procedure to be followed by an Appellate Officer and the fees to be paid by an appellant for preferring the appeal.
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220 The West Bengal Relief of Rural Indebtedness Act, 1975.
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(4) The Appellate Officer may, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, either confirm or modify the decision or order made by the authority or direct the authority to take such action as the Appellate Officer thinks fit.
(5) An order passed by an Appellate Officer under this section shall be final.
1 of 1872. 13. The provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the Code C 5 of 1908.
Artsain t of Civil Procedure, 1908, shall not apply to any proceeding before an apply. to authority or an Appellate Officer.
14. Subject to any rules made in this behalf, no legal practitioner or Represenany n of a other agent shall represent any party in any proceeding before an ta party authority or an Appellate Officer, without the permission of the before a authority or Appellate Officer, as the case may be.
court.
15. No suit, prosecution or legal proceeding shall lie against an Indemnity.
authority or an Appellate Officer or any other person in respect of anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.