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(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of confiscation under section 20 may, within one month from the date of the communication to him of such order, appeal to the District Judge having jurisdiction over the area in which the raw cashewnuts to which such order relates were siezed, and the District Judge shall, after giving an opportunity to the appellant to be heard, pass such order as he may think fit, confirming, modifying or annulling the order appealed against. (2) Where an order under section 20 is modified or annulled by the District Judge, or where in a prosecution instituted for the contravention of this Act in respect of which an order of confiscation has been made under section 20, the person concerned is acquitted, and in either case it is not possible for any reason to return the raw cashewnuts seized, such person shall, except as provided by sub-section (3) of section 20, the person concerned to acquitted, and in either case it is not possible for any reason to return the raw cashewnuts seized, such person shall, except, as provided by sub-section (3) of section 20, [be paid the price] therefor as if the raw cashewnuts had been sold to the Government with reasonable interest calculated from the day of the seizure of the raw cashewnuts, [and such price shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 5.] Substituted by Act 5 of 1988 Inserted by Act 5 of 1988 w.e.f. 05-02-1988