(1) In the case specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 13¹,an appeal shall be submitted to the District Administrative Court, but in cases specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 35¹, Paragraph 1 of Article 51 and Paragraph 2 of Article 52¹ appeals shall be submitted to the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court Senate.

(2) In examining an appeal, the court shall act as the court of first instance. The appeal shall be examined by a court panel composed of three judges.

(3) The court shall examine the appeal and make a decision:

1)    in cases specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 13¹ , Paragraph 2 of Article 35¹ and Paragraph 1 of Article 51 – within 7 days after the receipt of the appeal;

2)    in the case specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 52¹ – within 30 days after the receipt of the appeal.

(4) The appellant shall specify the justification for the appeal. The burden of proof lies with the participants in the administrative proceedings.

(5) If the deadline for carrying out a particular procedural activity is specified by law and if in carrying out this particular procedural activity the deadlines set in Paragraph 3 of this Article cannot be observed, the judge (court) shall determine the deadline by which the relevant procedural activity must be carried out.

(6) The court decision, as well as other decisions which are taken while carrying out the procedural activities related to examining an application or an initiated case, cannot be appealed.

(As supplemented by the 9 March 2006 Law)