Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
33.
Composition
of Appellate Board.
1. The Appellate Board
shall consist of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and such other Members as the
Central Government may deem fit and, subject to the other provisions of this
Act, the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Appellate Board may be exercised
by a Bench thereof.
2. Subject to the other
provisions of this Act, a Bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one
Technical Member and shall sit at such place as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
3. Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (2), the Chairperson-
a.
may,
in addition to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or Technical
Member of the Bench to which he is appointed, discharge the function of the
Judicial Member or, as the case may be, the Technical Member, of any other
Bench;
b.
may
transfer a Member from one Bench to another Bench;
c.
may
authorise Vice-Chairperson, the Judicial Member or the Technical Member
appointed to one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Judicial Member
or the Technical Member, as the case may be, of another Bench.
1.
2.
3.
4. Where any Benches are
constituted, the Central Government may, from time to time, by notification,
make provisions as to the distribution of the business of the Appellate Board
amongst the Benches and specify the matters which may be dealt by each Bench.
Explanation.
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For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the expression ''matter''
includes an application or appeal under section 40 or section 42.
5. If the Members of a
Bench differ in opinion on any point, they shall state the point or points on
which they differ, and make a reference to the Chairperson who shall either
hear the point or points himself or refer the case for hearing on such point or
points by one or more of the other Members and such point or points shall be
decided according to the opinion of the majority of the Members who have heard
the case including those who first heard it.