Singapore legislation
Clause 23
Clause 23
Right of appeal
(1)
Any person interested, who is aggrieved by an award made under the provisions of section 10 of this Act, may appeal to the Board by —
lodging with the clerk to the Board, within seven days of the date of the award of the Collector, a written notice of appeal in quintuplicate; and
depositing with the Accountant-General within seven days of the date of the award —
where the award is five thousand dollars or more, five thousand dollars; or
where the award is less than five thousand dollars, a sum equivalent to half the amount of the award; and
lodging with the clerk to the Board, within fourteen days of the date on which the notice of appeal was lodged, a petition of appeal in quintuplicate containing a statement of the grounds of appeal.
(2)
On receipt of a notice of appeal, the clerk to the Board shall forthwith forward one copy thereof to the Collector.
(3)
The Board may, in its discretion and on such terms as it may see fit, permit any person to proceed with an appeal notwithstanding that the notice of appeal or petition of appeal was not lodged within the time limited therefor by this section, if it be shown to the satisfaction of the Board that such person was prevented from lodging such notice or petition in due time owing to absence from Singapore, sickness or other reasonable cause and that there has been no unreasonable delay on the part of such person.
(4)
Save with the consent of the Board and on such terms as the Board may determine, an appellant may not at the hearing of his appeal rely on any grounds of appeal other than the grounds stated in his petition of appeal.