The Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002
26. Appeal to
Appellate Tribunal.-
1. Save
as otherwise provided in sub-section (3), the Director or any person aggrieved
by an order made by the Adjudicating Authority under this Act, may prefer an
appeal to the Appellate Tribunal.
2. Any
banking company, financial institution or intermediary aggrieved by any order
of the Director made under sub-section (2) of section 13, may prefer an appeal
to the Appellate Tribunal.
3. Every
appeal preferred under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be filed within
a period of forty-five days from the date on which a copy of the order made by
the Adjudicating Authority or Director is received and it shall be in such form
and e accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed: Provided that the Appellate
Tribunal may, after giving an opportunity of being heard, entertain an appeal
after the expiry of the said period of forty-five days if it is satisfied that
there was sufficient cause for not filing it within that period.
4. On
receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Appellate
Tribunal may, after giving the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being
heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit, confirming, modifying or
setting aside the order appealed against.
5. The
Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order made by it to the parties
to the appeal and to the concerned Adjudicating Authority or the Director, as
the case may be.
6.
The
appeal filed before the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (1) or sub-section
(2) shall be dealt with by it as expeditiously as possible and endeavour shall
be made by it to dispose of the appeal finally within six months from the date
of filing of the appeal.