Rule 3 - Form of Appeal - Prevention of Money-Laundering (Appeal) Rules, 2005

Form of Appeal. 3. (1) Every appeal preferred before the Appellate Tribunal against the order of the Adjudicating Authority or the Director, as the case may be, under section 26 of the Act shall be in the Form as appended to these rules and the appeal shall be in quadruplicate and accompanied by four copies of the order appealed against. (2) At the time of filing, every appeal shall be accompanied with an amount of fee as given in the Table below, in the form of demand draft payable in favour of the Registrar, Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi. TABLE Sl. No. Amount of fine imposed Amount of fee payable 1. Where the amount of fine imposed under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act is ₹ 10,000 ₹ 1,000 2. Where the amount of fine imposed under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act is more than ₹ 10,000 and upto ₹ 50,000 ₹ 2,500 3. Where the amount of fine imposed under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act is more than ₹ 50,000 1 [***] ₹ 5,000 Appeal against attachment of any property or retention of the seized property or record. 4. Where appeal is against the orders made by the Adjudicating Authority under sub-section (3) or sub-section (6) of section 8 of the Act ₹ 10,000 (3) The appeal shall set forth concisely and under distinct head the grounds of objection to the order appealed against and such grounds shall be numbered consecutively; and shall specify the address of service at which notice or other processes of the Appellate Tribunal may be served on the appellant and the date on which the order appealed against was served on the appellant. (4) Where the appeal is preferred after the expiry of the period of forty-five days referred to in sub-section (3) of section 26 of the Act, it shall be accompanied by a petition, in quadruplicate, duly verified and supported by the documents, if any, relied upon by the appellant, showing cause as to how the appellant had been prevented from preferring the appeal within the period of forty-five days. (5) Any notice required to be served on the appellant shall be served on him in the manner prescribed in rule 5 of these rules at the address of service specified in the appeal. ------------- Notes:- 1. Omitted vide Not. 5/2016 - Dated 6-12-2016 , before it was read as, and upto ₹ 1 lakh