32Order in appeal final

¹[(1)] The decision on any such appeal of the Officer Commanding the District ²*** shall be final, and shall not be questioned in any court otherwise than on the ground that the house is situate in a cantonment, or part of a cantonment, in which this Act is not operative: Provided that no appeal shall be decided until the appellant has been heard or has had a reasonable opportunity of being heard in person or through a legal practitioner ³[and in giving a decision the Officer Commanding the District shall record briefly the grounds therefor]. ⁴[(2) Notice of the result of the appeal shall be given to the appellant as soon as may be, and, where the appellant is a tenant of the house, to the owner of the house also.] **Footnotes:** 1. Section 32 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by s. 5, ibid. 2. The words "or of the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, the Command, as the case may be," omitted by Act 9 of 1930, s. 13. 3. Ins. by Act 9 of 1930, s. 13. 4. Ins. by Act 22 of 1933, s. 5.