Chapter VI APPEAL AND REVISION

1. (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 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. (2) No appeal shall lie from—
   • (a) any order of acquittal made by the children's court in respect of a child alleged to have committed an offence; or
   • (b) any order made by the Board in respect of a finding that a person is not a neglected child.
3. (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 on 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 prejudicial to any person without giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

1. (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, a competent authority while holding any inquiry under any of the provisions of this Act, shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed and subject thereof, shall follow, as far as may be, the procedure laid down in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974) for trials of summons cases.
2. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided by or under this Act, the procedure to be followed in hearing appeal or revision proceedings under this Act shall be, as far as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).

1. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions for appeal and revision under this Act, any competent authority may, either on its own motion or on an application received in this behalf, amend any order as to the institution to which a child is to be sent or as to the person under whose care or supervision a child is to be placed under this Act.
2. (2) Clerical mistakes in order passed by a competent authority or errors arising therein from any accidental slip or omission may, at any time, be corrected by the competent authority either on its own motion or on an application received in this behalf.