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### 117A Applications to justices for relief
> *\[Section 117A Inserted by No. 108 of 1974, s. 31 \]*
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> > (1) A person who is aggrieved by an order of justices may –
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> > > > (a) forthwith after the making of the order or within such further time thereafter as the justices allow; and
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> > > > (b) on giving notice in the prescribed form of his intention to file a notice of review under section 107 –
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> > apply to the justices for relief as provided in this section.
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> > (2) *\[Section 117A Subsection (2) amended by No. 10 of 1994, s. 7 and Sched. 2 \]*On an application under this section, the justices may, in their discretion and on such terms as to costs and otherwise as they think fit, grant the application by –
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> > > > (a) staying proceedings on the order to which the application relates or suspending the operation thereof *ab initio*; and
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> > > > (b) admitting the applicant to bail –
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> > for such period as appears to be desirable for the notice of review to be returnable in the Supreme Court.