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### 107 Summary mode of reviewing decisions of justices
> *\[Section 107 Substituted by No. 108 of 1974, s. 30 \]*
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> > (1) A person who is aggrieved by an order of justices may, upon notice in accordance with this section, move the Supreme Court to review that order.
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> > (2) A notice of motion under this section –
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> > > > (a) shall be known as a notice to review; and
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> > > > (b) shall set forth in specific terms the ground on which review is sought.
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> > (3) *\[Section 107 Subsection (3) amended by No. 71 of 1993, s. 7 \]*An applicant under this section shall, within 21 days after the making of the order to be reviewed –
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> > > > (a) file a notice to review in the Supreme Court; and
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> > > > (b) serve a copy of that notice on –
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> > > > > > (i) the person interested in upholding the order; and
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> > > > > > (ii) the clerk to the justices making the order.
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> > (4) The grounds set forth in a notice to review shall allege –
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> > > > (a) an error or mistake on the part of the justices on a matter or question of fact alone, or of law alone, or of both fact and law; or
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> > > > (b) that the justices had no jurisdiction to make the relevant order.
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> > (5) *\[Section 107 Subsection (5) amended by No. 71 of 1993, s. 7 \]*A notice to review shall be made returnable on the prescribed day for the return of those notices that first occurs not less than 28 days after the making of the relevant order by the justices.
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> > (6) A judge in his discretion may, on an affidavit setting forth reasonable grounds, extend the time mentioned in [subsection (3)](#GS107@Gs3@EN) at any time within that time or after it has expired.