Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Constitution of Appetlate Tribunal.-(1) The Central Govemment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute an Appellate Tribunal to be called the A?pellate Tribunal for Forfeited property consiii.ing of a Chairman and such number of other members (being officers of ttre Cential Govemment not below the rank of a joint Secretary -to the Government) as the Central Govemment think fit, to be- appointed by that Govemment for hearing appeals agarnst the orders made under section 6gF, section 6g-I, sub_section 1q ot iection 68K or section 68L. , (2) the Cll1m3n of the Appellate Tribunal shall be a person who is or has been or is qualified to be a Judge of the Supreme Court oi of a High Court. (3) The terms and conditions of service of the Chairman and other members shall be such as may be prescribed. 58-O. Appeals,-(1) 1[Any officer referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6gE :]:."y l^"j.o" 3.Cg.i"^ugd by an order of rhe competent authorityl made under sechon 6El, sechon 68-I, sub-section (l) of section 6gK or section 6gL, may, within forty-five days from the date on which the order is served o., him, prefe. an appeal to the Appellate Tribunal; .Provid-ed th,rt the Appellate Tribunal may entertain an appeal after the said p".lt99 9t lorty{ive days, but not after sixty days, from the diie aforesaid if it is :il"tl:q T.rt the appellanr was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal rn time. , tr).g receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the Appellate Tribunal m?I, :.tter grvrng an opportunity to the appellant to be heard, if he so desires, and arter makrng such further inquiry as it deems fit, confirm or set aside the order appealed against.