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POLICE ACT 1892 - SECT 33H

33H .         Determination of appeal

        (1)(a)         Upon an appeal the Board may confirm, modify or reverse any decision, finding or punishment appealed against or make such other order thereon which the Board deems just and the decision of the Board is final.

            (b)         The Board may fix the costs of any appeal and direct by whom and the proportions in which they are payable but in every case the Board shall award costs against an appellant whose appeal is considered by the Board to be trivial, frivolous or vexatious.

            (c)         Costs awarded against an appellant are recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.

            (d)         Costs awarded to an appellant shall be paid from moneys appropriated by Parliament for the purpose of the administration of this Act.

        (2)         The decision of any 2 members is the decision of the Board; but the deliberations of the Board and the individual views of a member except of his own volition shall not be disclosed or published.

        [Section 33H inserted by No. 25 of 1954 s. 7.]



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