Administrative Justice Act (Cap. 490)
Administrative Justice Act (Cap. 490), article 21
21. The Minister may make regula tions to implement and to
give better effect to the provisions of this Part of this Act a nd may,
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing make such
amendments, alterations, deletions , repeals, corrections, chang es
and modifications to any law or regulation for the purpose of
bringing such law or regulation in conformity with the provisio ns
of this Part of this Act.
PART IV
Appeals from decisions of the Administrative Review Tribunal
Right of appeal.22. (1) Any party to the proceedings before the
Administrative Review Tribunal w ho feels aggrieved by a decisio n
of the said Tribunal, may appeal to the Court of Appeal sitting
either in its superior or in its inferior jurisdiction.
(2) The Court of Appeal competent to hear and determine an
appeal from a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
shall be that establishe d in the Second Schedule:
Provided that the Minister may make regulations to
implement and to give better effect to these provisions of this Part
of this Act and may, without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing, make such amendments, alterations, deletions, repeal s,
corrections, changes and modifications to the Second Schedule a nd
to any primary law or subsidiary law for the purpose of bringin g
such Schedule or primary or subs idiary law in conformity with t he
provisions of this Part of this Act and may from time to time a dd
any other reference to legislation to the Second Schedule which is
not mentioned in the said Second Schedule.
(3) Such appeal shall be brought before the Court of Appeal by
means of an application filed in the Registry of that court wit hin
twenty days from the day on which the decision of the court was
delivered.
(4) The said application of appeal shall be accompanied
together with the payment of an all inclusive Registry appeal f ee as
may be prescribed by the Minist er responsible for justice in
consultation with the Minister re sponsible for finance. Such fe e
shall cover all Registry fees, including those taxed by the Reg istrar,
Civil Courts and Tribunals, when final judgement is read out in
open court.
(5) When there are two parties, the appeal shall be lodged in
duplicate by means of an application. Where there are more than
two parties to an appeal before the Administrative Review
Tribunal, the application of appeal shall be lodged in such num ber
of copies as there are p arties to that appeal.
Cap. 12.
(6) The application of appeal shall be filed in the competent
Registry in terms of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure .
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(7) The Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals, shall, on receipt
of the application of appeal, se rve a copy of the said applicat ion of
appeal on the other party or parties.
(8) The respondent or respondents shall file their reply to the
appeal within twenty days of serv ice of the appeal. Such replie s
shall be accompanied together wit h the payment of an all inclus ive
Registry fee as may be prescri bed by the Minister responsible f or
justice in consultation with the Minister responsible for finan ce.
Such fee shall cover all Registry fees, including those taxed b y the
Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals, when final judgement is read
out in open court.
(9) When an appeal is lodged to the Court of Appeal as
aforesaid, that appeal and the r eply or replies thereto shall b e
referred by the Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals, to the C ourt
of Appeal.
Powers of the
Court of Appeal.
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