Member Reliance on Erroneous Bankruptcy Notice Governs Appeal Deadline

In a cooperative bankruptcy proceeding, a member received a notice regarding their liability for supplementary payments which incorrectly informed them that the appeal period for challenging the distribution plan was ten days from its publication in the official gazette, rather than ten days from the receipt of the individual notice as stipulated by the relevant ordinance. The appellate court overturned the lower court's dismissal of the appeal due to untimeliness, reasoning that under the principle of legitimate expectation (Art. 9 BV), the unrepresented member was entitled to rely on the specific, albeit erroneous, procedural instructions provided by the authority, as the general reference to the governing ordinance was too vague to prompt a layperson to discover the error by consulting the law themselves.