Cap. 513 чл. 13Provisions relating to appeals. Cap. 12.

(1) The provisions of this article shall be applicable in relation to appeals submitted to the Board against any decision taken by the Director, Building Regulation Office.

(2) The Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, shall have the power to hear and determine all appeals made by a person or institution or any department or agency of Government aggrieved by any decision of the Director, Building Regulation Office.

(3) The decisions of the Board or the Committee of Appeals, as the case may be, shall be final except with respect to points of law, from which there shall lie the right to appeal to the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction). Any party to an appeal before the Board or Committee of Appeals who feels aggrieved by a decision of the Board or the Committee of Appeals, or the Director if he feels dissatisfied with any such decision, may on a question of law appeal to the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction).

(4) The decisions of the Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, shall be supported by the majority of its members; all decisions of the Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, shall be delivered in public and shall be kept in a register which shall be available for inspection by the public in accordance to article 3(9).

(5) Advance notice of not less than fourteen days shall be given of the meetings of the Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, in such manner as the Board or the Committee of Appeal may deem appropriate. The parties to the appeal who have filed an application or a reply in writing and expressed the intention to make representations shall be invited to do so.

(6) The sittings of the Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, shall be open to the public, subject to the power of the Board or the Committee of Appeal to exclude any member of the public if it deems it necessary to do so for the maintenance of order or for public security reasons.

(7) The Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, shall endeavour to give its decision within three months of the first sitting in a case.

(8) The Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, may appoint experts and may require any department or agency of Government to provide it with such information as the Board or Committee of Appeal may deem necessary for the proper execution of its functions. In the exercise of its functions, the Board or the Committee of Appeals may summon any person to appear before it and give evidence and produce documents; and the Chairperson shall have the power to administer the oath.

(9) Appeals to the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction) from decisions of the Board or the Committee of Appeal, as the case may be, as provided in sub-article (3) shall be made by means of an application filed in the registry of that court, within twenty days from the date on which that decision has been notified to the parties and such appeals shall be regulated by such rules of court as may be made in accordance with article 29 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure.