(1) Tlie S~a!e Governn~ent may, by notificauon in rhe Oficial Gazerte, eslablishA for the Presidency-[awn of Calcu!ra a Court oFScssion lo be called the Ciry Sessions Courl.
'For S~arcrncnl nlObjccts and Rtmons. 5re thc Cdlc~rrm Ga:crre. IZvrrnordirrrrr?: dnicd tI\c 3 1st March. IY53. Pad 1VA. page 468; for pmccdings ofthc Wcsl Bcnpal Lgislativc A w ~ n b l y , . ~ r c rhc pmcccdings orrhc m e l i n g oTthc\Vcst Bungal Lcgislritivc Assembly hcld on lht 51h ~ d 6 1 h May, 1953: and iorpmcccdingsolrhe Wtsr Bcngal LcgislaliccCouncil.see ~ h r p m c d i n g s oCthc rnccring of~hcM'cs~ BcngdLe~isliltivcCouncil hcld on the 12th May.
1953.
Shon Litle and c o m n c e - mnr.
Emblishmcnl orcity Session< Coun.
'This Act wa brought it~to lorcc with crrccr lrom rhe sunc dmc on which lhc City Civil Coun Act.1953 c m c inlo lorcc. rid. scc. I(?) olthis Acr, The la~ler AcLcamc into rorcc on thlr 13rd February. l957, vidc fool-norc 2 on page 403. pud, Tlauscs (51 and (61 wcrc ornirrcd by s .2 olrhe Cily Scssions Coun (Anicndmznt) ACI.
1969 (IVcst Bcn. Act XXXIlI or 1969).
'Thc C i ~ y Scssions Coun w,u established wilh 2 k c t rrom ~ h c 23rd February. 1957, vtdc notification No. 1059-I., dalcd the 141h Fcbruay, 1957, orthr: Judicial Dcpmlncnr, published in the Culcurro Gilzeire, E t r r u o r d i r w ~ ofthe 2Drh Rbruxy, 1957, Pan 1 , page 5Rb.
Tlre City Sessio~is Colir~ Act, 1953.
[West Ben. Act
(2) The Ciry Scssions Coun shall bc dccmed 10 he a Courr subordinate lo and subjcci l o the superinlendencc of the High Courl within the meaning of thc Lclters Patenr for rhc High Courr and of rhc Code.
Appoinllncnl 4. (1) Thcre shall be appoin~cd a Chief Judge of thc Cily Sessions Courr and as many vthcr Judges of rhal Court as the Srwe Govcrnmcnr thinks I?[.
(2) Thc Chief Judge or thc Ciiy Civil Courr and rhc olher Judges of [hat Courr may be appointed in addition ro [heir duties in thar Coun as the Chicf Judge and [be othcr Judges of ~ h c City Sessions Court.
Cily Swions 5. For rhc purposes of Lhc Codc, the Presidency-iown of Calcurta E:::zbC" shall be decmcd to be a scssions division and a district, rhc Ciry Scssions Scssionuid Court shall bc dccrned ro bc 3 Court or Session established lor such Ihs Codc'o s c s s i o ~ ~ s division, and rhc Chief Judge and rhc o~her Judges or the City apply lo such Courl. Scssions Coun shall be dccmed respec~ivcly to be the Sessions Judgc and t l~c Addirional Scssions Judges appoin~crl [or such Courl ol Session;
and savc as olhcnvisc provided in lhis Acl all thc provisions of tIic Codc shall apply accordingly.
City Ssssions 6. I * ~k * * * Coun not to have jurisdic~iun 2* * * * * * in c c n i n 1II;UICm. (3) .'* * * * * all matters in respect of which !he Cily Sessions Coun has no jurisdicrion, shall bc pied, dealr with or disposed of as if rhis-Act had no1 bccn passed.
7. [(Corrrrrrir~ul.)--Ot~litreri by rlrc Bty Sessiotis Corrrt (Atme~rdtt~etrr) Acr. 1969 (\VCSI Ben. Acr XXXII l of 1969).]
8. [ ( l i igh C u r ~ r ~ trot ro ry cerrui11 cuxes.)-0r1zit1crl by rile Ciu Sessiotts Corrrr (Antetidnle~ir] A cr. 1969 (IVt'sr Ben. Acr W I I I of 1969).]
9. [(Trials before r11e City Scssiut~s Corrrr ro be by j r r r y t Otriirred IT ill^ Cigl SESS~OIIS Corrrf (A~~~et~dt t ier~t] Act. I975 (West Bell. Act XXI of 19731.1 'Sub-sccrion ( I ) w~somitrcd by s. 2 orthe Ciry Scssions Coun [Amendrnenr) Acl, 1975 (Wcst Ben. ACI XXXI or t975).
'Sub-scclion ( 2 ) a : ~ omilttd by s. 3{l) olhc City S ~ F S ~ O ~ S Coun (Anwnd~wnt) ACL 1969 (\Yes[ Bsn. Act XXXll I or 1969).
S h e words and ligurcs "Subjcct lo the provisiom o f sccriuns 7 and 8," wcrc onilucd by s 3 ( 3 . ilrirf.
The Ciry Sessiu~rs Currrr Act. 1953.
10. ( I ) Thc SLarc Governmenl shall appoint a person to bc rhc Awinrmenr I h Registrar or rhc City Sessions Coun.
of Hrgisrnr and of clcrks
(2) The Sratc Go~wnmcnr shall 'fix thc number of clerks and olher niinistcrial orficcrs rnr ~ h c Ciry Scssions Court. The appointment or such ollicrrsmd clerks and olhcr minisicria1 orficers shall be made by rhe Statc ~hCirdUtiCS, Govcrnmcnl or, iT in any class or cIasses of cases [he Stare Governrncnt so direcls, by thc C h i d Judgc.
(3) The Rcgis~rar and any clcrk or olher ministerial officer may hc common ro thc City Civil Coun and lhe Cily Sessions C o u ~ .
(4) The Chief Judgc shall hnvc adminismalive control over the Regis~rar of [he City Sessions Court, and thc clerks and rninisrerial officers referred ro in sub-secrion (2), and may frame regularions prescribing the dulics or such Registrar, clcrks and rninisrerial oficers.