Appearances before a Revenue officer and applications to
and acts to be done before him under this Act, may he made or done—
(a) by parties themselves, or
(b) by persons holding general or special powers of attorney on behalf of such party, or
(c) by any class of legal practitioners holding authority granted by the High Court to appear and act in Civil Courts :
Provided that, any Revenue officer may in any case for reasons to be recorded by him, require the personal attendance of any party :
Provided also that, no pardah-nashin lady or person who is exempted from personal appearance in a Civil Court shall be required to appear in person :
1[Provided further that when the Financial Commissioner or the Settlement Commissioner is holding office in a Province other than the one to which an appeal, review or revision pertains, such appeal, review or revision may be presented before a local Revenue Officer of the highest rank at the station for transmission to Financial Commissioner or the Settlement Commissioner, as the case may be,]
2[(d) by such class of retired Revenue officer not below the rank of a Tehsildar who has functioned as such for a period of not less than ten years and is conversant with laws relating to the Revenue Department holding license issued by such authority, in such manner, subject to such conditions and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed by rules made by the Government.]
(a) by parties themselves, or
(b) by persons holding general or special powers of attorney on behalf of such party, or
(c) by any class of legal practitioners holding authority granted by the High Court to appear and act in Civil Courts :
Provided that, any Revenue officer may in any case for reasons to be recorded by him, require the personal attendance of any party :
Provided also that, no pardah-nashin lady or person who is exempted from personal appearance in a Civil Court shall be required to appear in person :
1[Provided further that when the Financial Commissioner or the Settlement Commissioner is holding office in a Province other than the one to which an appeal, review or revision pertains, such appeal, review or revision may be presented before a local Revenue Officer of the highest rank at the station for transmission to Financial Commissioner or the Settlement Commissioner, as the case may be,]
2[(d) by such class of retired Revenue officer not below the rank of a Tehsildar who has functioned as such for a period of not less than ten years and is conversant with laws relating to the Revenue Department holding license issued by such authority, in such manner, subject to such conditions and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed by rules made by the Government.]
1. Third proviso to section 16 added by Act XXI of 1957. 2. Inserted by Act XVI of 1973, s.2.