Chapter X Chapter X

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any person aggrieved by an order made by a competent authority under this Act, may, within thirty days from the date of communication of such order, prefer an appeal to the Court of Session: Provided that the Court of Session may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time. (2) No appeal shall lie from – (a) any order of acquittal made by the juvenile court in respect of a child alleged to have committed an offence; or (b) any order made by a Board in respect of a finding that a person is not a neglected child. (3) No second appeal shall lie from any order of the Court of Session passed in appeal under this section.

The High Court may at any time, either of its own motion or on an application received in this behalf, call for the record of any proceeding in which any competent authority or Court of Session has passed an order, for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of any such order and may pass such order in relation thereto, as it thinks fit: Provided that the High Court shall not pass an order under this section adversely affecting any person without giving him an opportunity of being heard.

Save as otherwise, expressely provided by or under this Act, the procedure to be followed in hearing appeals or revision proceedings under this Act, shall be, as far as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974).