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and the prescribed details thereof. (8) After the expiry of a period of two years from the date on which a decision was conveyed to the applicant, that applicant, or any other interested person, may apply to the Board for a more lenient classification of the film in terms of subsection (4). CHAPTER 5 Right to Appear, and to Appeal to Review Board and Supreme Court Right to appear, to be represented, to adduce evidence, to address, to have case and arguments properly considered, and to be informed of grounds of decision 19. Any person who applies for a classification of a film, or the reclassification of a film or publication, or for a permit, exemption or licence, or who is the publisher of a publication which is the subject of an application for classification, or whose financial interests could be detrimentally affected by a decision of the Board on such application, or with regard to an exemption or permit, the withdrawal of which is being considered, or who appeals to the Review Board against a decision with regard to such an application, shall have the right- oral that (a) to appear in person before the executive committee, classification committee or Review Board, or to be represented or assisted by a legal practitioner or by any other person of his or her choice, to adduce or written evidence and, subject to a reasonable time-limit imposed by the chairperson concerned, to address that committee or board, in the language of his or her choice; and (b) to have his or her case and arguments duly considered and to be informed, in writing, of the decision of the Review Board or committee, of the reasons for and grounds upon which such decision is based, which shall include, in the case of an XX classification of a publication or film, a reference to the particular clause of Schedule 1 or 6 which forms the basis of the decision, and of the names of the members of board board or committee who took part in rendering the decision of that or committee. Appeal to Review Board 20. (1) Any person who applied for the classification of a film, or the publisher or distributor of a publication which formed the subject of any complaint or application in terms of section 16, may within a period of 30 days from the date on which he or she was notified of the decision, which in the case of the classification of a publication shall be the date of publication of the decision in the Gazette, in the prescribed manner appeal to the Review Board. (2) The chairperson of the Review Board(a) may, on good cause shown, suspend the decision appealed against in terms of subsection (1), until the decision is given on the appeal; (b) shall convene a meeting of the Review Board and inform the appellant of

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