Appointment of Presidency Magistrates.

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4[State] Government] may with the consent of the corporation create one or more posts of Presidency Magistrates for the trial of offences against this Act, or against any regulation or by-law made thereunder, and may appoint any person to such posts and may also appoint such ministerial officers for the Court of any such Magistrate as they may think necessary : Provided that notwithstanding the appointment of one or more Presidency Magistrates under this section, it shall be open to the Chief Presidency Magistrate, subject to the rules for the time being in force under section 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), regulating the distribution of business in the Courts of the Presidency Magistrates, to make such distribution of the work of trial of such offences and of all other work before the Courts of the Presidency Magistrate (including any appointed under this section) as may appear to him most conducive to efficiency.

1. (2) Such Magistrate or Magistrates and the establishments shall be paid such salary, pension, leave allowances and other allowances as may, from time to time, be fixed by 6[the 7[State] Government].
2. (3) The amounts of the salary, pension, leave allowances and other allowances as fixed under sub- section (2) together with all other incidental charges shall be reimbursed to 8[the 9[State] Government] by the Corporation 10[* * *] Provided that 11[the 12[State] Government] may, with the concurrence of the corporation, direct that in lieu of the amounts payable under this section, the corporation shall pay to 13[the 14[State] Government] annually, on such date as may be fixed by 15[the 16[State] Government] in this behalf such sum based on the average of the total amount is recovered by 17[the 18[State] Government] from the corporation under this section during the three years immediately preceding the date of such direction as may be determined by 19[the 20[State]