Courts of Sessions

Courts of Sessions.

1. (1) The Government] shall establish a Court of Session for every sessions division and in consultation with the High Court,] appoint a judge of such Court.
2. (2) The Government in consultation with the high Court,] may, by general or special order in the Government Gazette, direct at what place or places the Court of Session shall ordinarily hold its sitting; but if in any particular case, the Court of Session is of opinion that it will tend to the general convenience of the parties and witnesses to hold its sitting at any other place in the sessions divisions, it may, with the consent of the prosecution and the accused, sit at that place for the disposal of the case or the examination of any witness or witnesses therein].
3. (3) The Government] may also in consultation with the High Court] appoint Additional Sessions Judges and Assistant Sessions Judges to exercise jurisdiction in one or more such Courts.
4. (4) A sessions Judge of one session division may be appointed by the Government] in consultation with the High Court] to be also an Additional Sessions Judge of another division, and in such case he may sit for the disposal of cases at such place or places in either division as the Government] in consultation with the High Court] may direct.
5. (5) All courts of session existing when this Code comes into force shall be deemed to have been established under this Code.