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| (1) If the appropriate authority by whom a licence has been issued to any person to carry on business as a Shipping Agent is of opinion that such person is unfit to carry on such business, he may, by order, so spend for any period specified in such order, or cancel, such licence. |
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| (2) No order under subsection (1) shall be made against a person carrying on business as a Shipping Agent except after notice to him to show cause within such period as may be specified in the notice, why such order should not be made, and except on his failing to show cause within such period, or on his not showing sufficient cause. |
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| (3) Any person carrying on business as a Shipping Agent against whom an order is made under subsection (1) may prefer an appeal in writing to the Minister before the expiry of ten days after the date on which such order is communicated to that person by or on behalf of the appropriate authority by whom such order was made, and the Minister may, in dealing with any appeal preferred to him, affirm, vary or annul the order against which the appeal has been preferred. |
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| (4) An order under subsection (1) suspending or cancelling a licence issued to a person to carry on business as a Shipping Agent shall come into force on the date on which such order is communicated to that person by or on behalf of the appropriate authority by whom such order was made, and shall continue to be in force notwithstanding that an appeal against such order has been preferred to the Minister. |
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| (5) Any notice required to be given, or any order required to be communicated under the preceding provisions of this section, to any person shall be deemed to have been served or communicated on or to him after the expiry of a period of two days reckoned after the date of despatch of such notice or order by letter sent by registered post to his usual place of business or residence. |
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| (6) The decision of the Minister upon an appeal shall be final and conclusive for all purposes whatsoever, and shall not be called in question in any court or tribunal, whether by way of appeal or writ, or in any other manner whatsoever. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts