Section 22
Appeals against awards of arbitrators.
The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972
About this Act
An Act to regulate the export trade in antiquities and art treasures, to provide for the prevention of smuggling of, and fraudulent dealings in, antiquities, to provide for the compulsory acquisition of antiquities and art treasures for preservation in public places and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith or incidental or ancillary thereto.
Any person aggrieved by an award of the arbitrator
made under section 20 may, within thirty days from the date on which the award is communicated to him,
prefer an appeal to the High Court within whose jurisdiction he resides:
Provided that the High Court may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by a sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time
Provided that the High Court may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by a sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time