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s 59 Constitution and territorial jurisdiction of Sessions Courts
(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, by order, constitute so many Sessions Courts as he may think fit and shall have power, if he thinks fit, to assign local limits of jurisdiction thereto.
*(2) Subject to this Act or any other written law, a Sessions Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal cause or matter arising within the local limits of jurisdiction assigned to it under this section, or, if no such local limits have been assigned, arising in any part of Peninsular Malaysia.
* NOTE—For jurisdiction of Sessions Court in Sabah and Sarawak–see P.U. (A) 357/1980.
(3) Each Sessions Court shall be presided over by a Sessions Court Judge appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Chief Judge.
(4) Sessions Courts shall ordinarily be held at such places as the Chief Judge may direct, but should necessity arise they may also be held at any other place within the limits of their jurisdiction.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penubuhan dan bidang kuasa wilayah Mahkamah Sesyen
(1) Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh, melalui perintah, menubuhkan seberapa banyak Mahkamah Sesyen yang difikirkannya patut dan hendaklah mempunyai kuasa, jika difikirkannya patut, untuk menetapkan had bidang kuasa tempatan Mahkamah Sesyen itu.
*(2) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini atau mana-mana undang-undang bertulis yang lain, Mahkamah Sesyen hendaklah mempunyai bidang kuasa untuk mendengar dan memutuskan apa-apa kausa atau perkara sivil atau jenayah yang berbangkit dalam had bidang kuasa tempatan yang ditetapkan baginya di bawah seksyen ini, atau, jika tiada had tempatan sedemikian telah ditetapkan, yang berbangkit dalam manamana bahagian di Semenanjung Malaysia.
(3) Setiap Mahkamah Sesyen hendaklah diketuai oleh Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen yang dilantik oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong atas syor Hakim Besar.
(4) Mahkamah Sesyen hendaklah biasanya diadakan di manamana tempat yang diarahkan oleh Hakim Besar, tetapi jika didapati perlu ia boleh juga diadakan di mana-mana tempat lain dalam had bidang kuasanya.
*CATATAN—Bagi bidang kuasa Mahkamah Sesyen di Sabah dan Sarawak–lihat P.U. (A) 357/1980.
Text as at 1 May 2013 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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).
