Maharashtra Police Act 1951
Section 60 :
Appeal :
1.[(1)] Any person aggrieved by an order made under sections 55, 2.[56, 57 or 57A] may appeal to the State Government 3.[or to such Officer as the State Government may by order specify (hereinafter referred to as “the specified Officer”)] within thirty days from the date of such order.
4.[(2) An appeal under this section shall be preferred in duplicate in the form of a memorandum, setting forth concisely the grounds of objection to the order appealed against, and shall be accompanied by that order of a certified copy thereof.
(3) On receipt of such appeal the State Government 5.[or the specified Officer] may, after giving a reasonable opportunity to the appellant to be heard either personally, or by a pleader, advocate or attorney and after such further inquiry, if any, as it may deem necessary, confirm, vary or cancel, or set aside the order appealed against, 6.[or remand the case for disposal with such directions as it or he thinks fit, and make its or his order] accordingly:
Provided that the order appealed against shall remain in force pending the disposal of the appeal, unless the State Government 7.[or the specified Officer] otherwise directs.
(4) In calculating the period of thirty days provided for an appeal under this section, the time taken for granting a certified copy of the order appealed against shall be excluded.]
8.[Explanation :
For the purposes of this sub-section the power to vary the order appealed against shall include, and shall be deemed always to have included, the power to hold such order in abeyance and to make conditional order permitting the person to enter or return to the area or such areas and any contiguous districts or part thereof, or to the specified area or areas, as the case may be, from which he was directed to remove himself.]
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1. Renumbered as sub-section (1) by Bombay 34 of 1959, Section 20.
2. Substituted for the figures and word ’56 or 57′ by Maharashtra 15 of 1976, Section 4, Schedule.
3. Inserted by Maharashtra 3 of 1995, Section 5(a).
4. Sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) were inserted by Bombay 34 of 1959, Section 20.
5. Inserted by Maharashtra 3 of 1995, Section 5(b)(i).
6. Inserted by Maharashtra 3 of 1995, Section 5(b)(ii).
7. Inserted by Maharashtra 3 of 1995, Section 5(b)(iii).
8. Inserted by Maharashtra 3 of 1995, Section 5(b)(iv).
