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| (1) Where the Board disallows an application made to the Board, the applicant may, within twenty-eight days after the communication to him of the Board's decision on such application, make a written appeal from such decision to the Minister. Such appeal shall state the grounds of appeal. |
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| (2) Where any appeal is made under subsection (1), the Minister may either affirm the Board's decision from which the appeal is made or, having regard to the provisions of section 8, allow the application to which the Board's decision relates by consenting, as the case may be, to the transfer of ownership of the tea or rubber estate specified in such application, or to the partition by deed of such estate, or to the institution of a partition action in respect of such estate. The Minister's consent may be subject to such conditions as he may specify. The decision of the Minister shall be final and conclusive and shall not be called in question in any court. |
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| (3) Where on any appeal made under subsection (1) the Minister decides to affirm the Board's decision, the Permanent Secretary shall in writing inform the appellant and the Secretary of the Board that the Minister has affirmed the Board's decision. |
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| (4) Where the Minister allows any appeal made under subsection (1) and consents to the transfer of ownership of the tea or rubber estate to which the appeal relates, or to the partition by deed of such estate, or to the institution of a partition action in respect of such estate, the Permanent Secretary shall prepare four copies of the certificate of the Minister's consent and, if the Minister has made such consent subject to any conditions, specify those conditions in such certificate. Each such copy shall be signed by the Permanent Secretary. Of such copies the Permanent Secretary shall transmit three to the appellant and the fourth to the Secretary of the Board to be filed of record in the Board's office. |
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| (5) For the purposes of section 3 and section 4, the Minister's consent under the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed to be the consent of the Board, and any conditions to which the Minister has made his consent subject shall be deemed to be conditions Imposed by the Board. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts