Provided that no such suspension or cancellation shall be made except after giving the holder of the licence a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

Appeal Appeal.--

1. (1) An appeal from an order refusing to grant or renew a licence under section 43 or an order suspending or cancelling a licence under section 44 shall lie--
   • (a) if the order is made by the authorised officer, to the Chief Wild Life Warden ; or
   • (b) if the order is made by the Chief Wild Life Warden, to the Government.
2. (2) In the case of an order passed in appeal by the Chief Wild Life Warden under clause
   • (a) of sub-section
3. (1) a second appeal shall lie to the Government.
4. (3) Subject as aforesaid, every order passed in appeal under this section shall be final.
5. (4) An appeal under this section shall be preferred within thirty days from the date of the communication, to the applicant, of the order appealed against : Provided that the appellate authority may admit any appeal preferred after the expiry of the period aforesaid if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal in time.