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(1) shall be made in such manner, and within such period after the notification of the promotion in the Gazette, as is prescribed.
"(4) The Board may, where it considers it appropriate to do so, extend the period of time prescribed under sub-section (3).

Promotions Appeal Committees
"50c. (1) The Board shall, from time to time, arrange for the establishment of such Promotions Appeal Committees as appears to it to be required for the purposes of determining appeals made under section 50b.
"(2) A Committee established for the purposes of an appeal made under section 50b shall be constituted as provided in section 53c.

Determination of appeals
"50d. (1) Upon an appeal or appeals being made under section 50b against the promotion of an officer or an appeal or appeals being made under

regulations made for the purposes of section 51a against the selection of an officer to perform temporarily the duties of an office of a classification higher than the classification of the office occupied by him, the Committee shall make full inquiries into the claims of each party to the appeal proceedings.
"(2) In making inquiries into the claims of each party to the appeal proceedings, the Committee—
     (a) may follow such procedures as it thinks fit; and
     (b) is not bound by the rules of evidence and may inform itself in such manner as it thinks fit.
"(3) Where the promotion in respect of which an appeal is or appeals are made under section 50b is a promotion to a vacant office other than a vacant office referred to in sub-section (4), the Committee shall, on the completion of its inquiries into the claims of each party to the appeal proceedings—
     (a) if there is one appellant in respect of the promotion—allow or disallow the appeal; or
     (b) if there are 2 or more appellants in respect of the promotion—allow the appeal of one only of the appellants or disallow the appeals.
"(4) Where the promotion in respect of which an appeal is or appeals are made under section 50b is a promotion to a vacant office the rate or minimum rate of salary applicable to which is not less than the rate or minimum rate of salary from time to time applicable to a class of offices prescribed for the purposes of this sub-section, the Committee shall furnish to the Board a report on the claims of each party to the appeal proceedings.
"(5) After the conclusion of the appeal proceedings, the Committee may, in addition to any report referred to in sub-section (4), furnish to the Board a report on any matter arising out of the inquiries made by the Committee that the Committee considers