(1) Any person who is dissatisfied with the assessment of the Collector under section 13 may, within a period of 1 month from the date on which the assessment is made and on payment of the stamp duty in conformity therewith, appeal against the assessment to the court and may for that purpose require the Collector to state and sign a case setting forth the question upon which his opinion was required and the assessment made by him.
(2) The Collector shall thereupon state and sign a case and deliver the same to the person by whom it is required and the case may, within 7 days thereafter and after service thereof upon the Secretary for Justice, be set down by such person for hearing. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(3) Upon the hearing of the case the court shall determine the question submitted, and, if the instrument in question is in the opinion of the court chargeable with any stamp duty, the court shall assess the stamp duty chargeable thereon.
(4) If the amount of the stamp duty assessed by the court is less than the assessment of the Collector, the excess of stamp duty paid shall be ordered by the court to be repaid together with any excess of penalty paid under section 9 in respect thereof.
(5) If in the opinion of the court the assessment of the Collector is not excessive, the court shall make an order confirming that assessment.
(5A) The court may appoint a member of the Lands Tribunal to sit and assist it in any proceedings or part of any proceedings under this section; but the decision in the appeal shall be the decision of the court alone. (Added 43 of 1984 s. 2)
(6) In this section "court" (法庭) means the District Court.