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1) Any person aggrieved by an order of confiscation under section 6A-may, within one month from the date of the communication to him of such order, appeal to14[the State Government concerned and the State Government] shall, after giving an opportunity to the appellant to be heard, pass such order as it may think fit, confirming, modifying or annulling the order appealed against.
(2) Where an order under section 6A-is modified or annulled by15[the State Government], or where in a prosecution instituted for the contravention of the order in respect of which an order of confiscation has been made under section 6A-, the person concerned is acquitted, and in either case it is not possible for any reason to return the essential commodity seized,16[such person shall, except as provided by sub-section (3) of section 6A-, be paid] the price there for as if the essential commodity had been sold to the Government with reasonable interest calculated from the day of the seizure of the essential commodity and such price shall be determined-
(i) in the case of food grains, edible oilseeds or edible oils, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3B) of section 3-;
(ii) in the case of sugar, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3C) of section 3-; and (iii) in the case of any other essential commodity, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 3-.