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| (1) Where a Deputy Commissioner or the Senior Assistant Commissioner or any other officer authorized in that behalf by the Commissioner rejects a claim to indemnity under an insurance policy issued under this Act, the claimant may, within thirty days after the communication to him of the decision to reject such claim, make a written appeal from such decision to the Commissioner. |
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| (2) Where a person who is awarded indemnity under a policy of insurance issued under this Act is dissatisfied with the amount of the indemnity, he may, within thirty days after the award of indemnity is communicated to him, make a written appeal from that award to the Commissioner. |
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| (3) Every appeal under this section shall state the grounds of appeal. |
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| (4) An appellant in any appeal under this section shall be entitled, by himself or by representative, to appear before and be heard by the Commissioner on such appeal. |
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| (5) The Commissioner's decision on any appeal under this section shall be final and conclusive and shall not be called in question in any court. |
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