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(1) The Government may, by notification, constitute one or more Appellate Board or Appellate Boards. (2) The Appellate Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the Government ofwhom one shall be a person who is or has been a member ofthe Superior Judicial Service (Senior Branch) of the State and he shall be appointed as the Chairman of the Appellate Board. (3) Where only one Appellate Board is constituted that Appellate Board shall have jurisdiction throughout the State, and where more than one Appellate Board is constituted the Government Downloaded from www. ics [net may, by notification, define the jurisdiction of each Appellate Board. (4) Any person aggrieved by an order of the adjudicating officer may, within thirty days from the date or while the order is made, prefer an appeal to the Appellate Board, having jurisdiction to hear such appeah Provided that the Appellate Board may entertain any appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, but not after the expiry of sixty days from the date aforesaid, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from fiiing the appeal in time. (5) No appeal under this section shall be entertained by the Appellate Board unless the appellant has, at the time of fiiing the appeai, deposited the amount of penaity payable under the order appealed against: Provided that, on an application made by the appellant in this behalf the Appellate Board may, if it is of the opinion that the deposit to be made under this sub—section will cause undue hardship to the appellant, by order in writing, dispense with such deposit either unconditionaliy or subject to such conditions as it may deem fit to impose. (6) On receipt of an appeal under sub-seetion (4), the Appellate Board may, after holding such enquiry as it deems fit and after giving the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, confirm, modify or set aside the order appealed against and the decision ofthe Appellate Board shall be final; and— (a) if the sum deposited by way of penalty under subsection (5) exceeds the penaity directed to be paid by the Appeiiate Board, the excess amount, or (b) if the Appellate Board sets aside the order imposing penalty, the whole of the sum deposited by way of penalty, shall be refunded to the appeilant. Downloaded from www.icsfln ct Revision by Appellate Board. Powers of adjudicating officer and the Appellate Board in relation to holding enquiry under this Act. 5 of 1908. 2 of 1974. Offence a by Companies. E.G. No.93LZ2-6-1982