Customary Court or Apex Customary Court".

Substitution of section 24 Substitution of section 24: In the principal Regulation, in section 24, for the existing entries, the following shall be substituted, "Any party aggrieved by a decision of the village authority may appeal within thirty days before the Inter-village territorial Customary Court or Apex Customary Court, by whatever name called, who on receipt of such appeal, shall dispose of the case" Provided that, the proceedings in the village authority or inter-village territorial customary court or Apex customary court as the case may be, shall be recorded in writing in their respective vernacular or English, as the case may be. Provided further that, if agreed to by the parties or if the aggrieved party desires to appeal, as the case may be, an appeal arising out of the decision of village authority or Inter-village territorial Customary Court or Apex Customary Court, as the case may be, shall lie before the Courts of Judicial Magistrate First Class, the Courts of Chief Judicial Magistrate, the Courts of Additional District and Sessions Judge or the Courts of District and Sessions Judge, as the case may be, as per their territorial and pecuniary jurisdiction, who shall not set aside an appeal so filed merely on technical ground or procedural lapses but in the interest of justice dispose of the same as may be deemed appropriate or proceed with the case de novo".