(1) A party who is not satisfied with a judgment or
final order made by a court may make an appeal within thirty days
from the date of knowledge of the judgment.
Provided that if an appealing party makes a petition showing
the cause of being unable to make appeal within that time-limit and
the appeal hearing court considers the petition to be reasonable, it
may order the extension of the time-limit for a maximum of thirty
days.
(2) A person wishing to make an appeal pursuant to subsection
(1) shall file it with the court which hears appeals from the
court making judgment.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this
Act, if any party to a case or his or her attorney is present, or his or
her law practitioner has made pleadings, before the court at the time
of hearing and judgment is made on the same day, the party to the
case shall be deemed to have known that such judgment has been
made.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this
Section, the party shall be deemed to have ipso facto known the
judgment after the expiry of a period of one year from the date of
judgment.