Clause 15

Any person aggrieved by the detention of any article or publication under the provisions of section 10, 11 or 12 of this Act may appeal against such detention to the Minister whose decision thereon shall be final and shall not be called into question in any Court:Provided that no such appeal shall be allowed unless notice of appeal in writing together with the reasons for the appeal is given to the Minister within fourteen days of the date of service of the notification referred to in subsection (2) of this section.

A Controller or an authorised officer shall notify the addressee or consignee of any article detained under the provisions of section 10 of this Act or the person from whom any publication has been seized and detained under the provisions of section 11 or 12 of this Act of his right to appeal under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

A notification given by a Controller or an authorised officer under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section may be given personally or may be served by post and the day on which a notification which has been posted would be received in the ordinary course of post shall be deemed to be the date of service of each notification.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act no article or publication shall be destroyed under the provisions of section 10, 11 or 12 of this Act unless its detention has not been appealed against or any appeal against such detention has been dismissed or abandoned.