4Appeals
(1) An appeal shall lie against the order made under section 3 of this Act to the Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs authorised in this behalf by that Government.
(2) Every such appeal shall be preferred within thirty days from the date of the order appealed against:
Provided that the appellate authority may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the said period of thirty days, permit the appellant to prefer the appeal within a further period of thirty days.
(3) On receipt of any such appeal, the appellate authority shall, after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after making such inquiry as it deems proper, make such order, as it may think fit, confirming, modifying or reversing the order appealed against.
(4) Every appeal shall be preferred on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
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- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Liability of carriers for passengers brought into India
- 3A Power to exempt
- 4 Appeals
- 5 Recovery of penalty due to Government
- 6 Bar of legal proceedings
- 7 Application of Acts 16 of 1939, 34 of 1920 and 31 of 1946 not barred
- 8 Power to make rules
- 9 Rules to be laid before Parliament
- 10 Power to remove difficulties