Section 102

Any person aggrieved by any act or decision of the

Settlement Officer, or by any decision of the Superintendent to exercise or refrain from exercising the power conferred by section 18, may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 7 of the

Subordinate Courts Ordinance [Act 92] contained, appeal to the court of a Magistrate of the First Class by a petition in writing made within three months from the date of the publication in the Gazette of the

Settlement Order containing the decision which is the subject of appeal or, in the case of a decision arising out of a claim investigated

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by the Settlement Officer in accordance with section 91(2), within three months from the date on which a copy of such decision was served on the person so aggrieved, and, for the purpose of any further appeal, any such decision made by a Settlement Officer or the

Superintendent as is mentioned in this section shall be deemed to have been made in civil proceedings.

[Am. Ord. No. 3/79.]

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Now see also sections 3 and 111 of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 [Act 92].