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(1) Save as otherwise provided, the State / t~P:~llateGovernment shall appoint an Appellate Authority . u 0 1 Y· to hear all appeals arising out of the provisions of this Act. The decision of Appellate Authority sha 11 be final. (2) The person or persons appointed by the State Government as Appellate Authprity shall have the qqalification of a District and Sessions Judge. The appointmer.t shall be on such term3 and conditions as the State G:>Vernment may decide. Duties ofthc 27. (l) The duties and powers of the Appell.:itc Appellate A h . 1 11 b r II Aathority. ut onty s 1a e as 10 ows :- • (a) to hear and decide appeal& against the orders of the Authority; (b) to d<'.:cide and hear appeals in respect ot such other matters and exercise such other powers as may be entrusted to and conferred upon it by the State Government i11 accordance with the provision of this Act. (2) All appeals to the Appellate Authority shal1 · be filed wichin a month from the date of the order appealed against. The time required for taking out copies of the order shall be excluded. The Appellate Authority may however in its discretion condone any delay in filing appeal for sufficient reasons . , .... . + 98 Proce~ure of