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| (1) If any claimant, applicant, objector or person in regard to whom objection has been made is dissatisfied with the decision of the registering officer, he may, within ten days from the date of receipt of the communication of such decision appeal therefrom to the revising officer. |
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| (2) Every appeal under this section shall be in writing, shall state shortly the ground of appeal, and shall bear a stamp of five rupees. |
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| (3) The revising officer shall hear such appeal in open court or office, giving notice of the date of the hearing the appeal to the parties concerned. It shall be in his creation whether to hear or not to hear any evidence. His determination of the appeal shall be final. |
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| (4) When the revising officer has determined the appeals which have been lodged with respect to any register, he shall forward to the registering officer a statement under his hand containing the names which he has decided shall be entered or retained in the register and those which he has decided shall be expunged from the register, and the registering officer shall amend the register accordingly. |
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| (5) If an appeal is allowed, the sum of five rupees paid under subsection (2) shall be refunded to the appellant. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts