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Subordinate Courts Act 1948 Part V — High court

s 54 · 1 section

Power of Sessions Court Judge to call for civil records of courts subordinate thereto

s 54

(1) The Sessions Court Judge may call for and examine the record of any civil proceedings before a Magistrates’ Court within the local limits of jurisdiction of the Sessions Court of which he is for the time being Sessions Court Judge for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the correctness, legality or propriety of any decision recorded or passed, and as to the regularity of any proceedings of that court. (2) If a Sessions Court Judge acting under subsection (1) considers that any decision of a Magistrates’ Court is illegal or improper, or that any such proceedings are irregular, he shall forward the record, with such remarks thereon as he thinks fit, to the High Court. 55–58. (Deleted by Act 7 of 1964).

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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