A.D. 1947
INLAND REVENUE.
[No. 20
examine such person on oath or otherwise. Any person so attending may be allowed by the Commissioner any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by such person in so attending.
(6) In disposing of an appeal the Commissioner may confirm, reduce, increase, or annul the assessment, and shall record his determination in writing and announce it orally.
(7) Where the Commissioner authorizes an Assistant Commissioner to hear appeals, such authority shall not em- power such Assistant Commissioner to hear an appeal against an assessment which he has himself signed and allowed or against a penalty which he has himself imposed.
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66. (1) For the purpose of hearing appeals in the man- Constitution ner hereinafter provided, there shall be a panel for a Board Board of of Review consisting of not more than twenty members who Review shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor. The members of the panel shall hold office for a term of three years but shall be eligible for reappointment.
(2) There shall be a Clerk to the Board of Review (here- inafter referred to as the Board) who shall be appointed by the Governor.
(3) There shall be a legal Adviser to the Board who shall be appointed by the Board.
(4) Three or more members of the panel, one of whom shall be nominated as chairman, shall be nominated by the Colonial Secretary and summoned by the Clerk to attend meetings of the Board at which appeals are to be heard. At any such a meeting a quorum shall consist of three members. All matters coming before the Board shall be decided by a majority of votes and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
(5) At the request of the Colonial Secretary, the Clerk to the Board shall summon a meeting of the Board consisting of all the members of the panel available in the Colony. At such a meeting a quorum shall consist of five members.
(6) The remuneration (if any) of the members of the Board, the Clerk, and the Legal Adviser shall be fixed by the Governor.
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