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Section 79A: Adjudication of penalties
(1) For the purpose of adjudicating penalties under sections 59, 60, 62, 63, sub-section (1) of section 64, sections 70, 71, 72, 73 and 75, the Metro Railway Administration may appoint an officer managing the functioning of metro station as an adjudicating officer for holding an inquiry and imposing penalties in such manner as may be specified: Provided that the Metro Railway Administration may appoint as many adjudicating officers as may be required. (2) Whoever is aggrieved by an order of the adjudicating officer under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days from the receipt of such order, prefer an appeal to such officer at least one rank higher than the adjudicating officer as may be appointed by the Metro Railway Administration as an appellate authority, in such form and manner as may be specified. (3) An appeal may be admitted after the expiry of the period of thirty days if the appellant satisfies the appellate authority that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within that period. (4) Where an appeal is preferred against any order of the adjudicating officer under sub-section (1), it shall not be entertained by the appellate authority unless the person has deposited the amount of the penalty imposed by the adjudicating officer. (5) The appellate authority may, after giving the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such an order as he may think fit. (6) An appeal under sub-section (2) shall be disposed of within sixty days from the date of filing.
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