Section 59
of Subordinate Courts Act 1948
Section 59
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 application in the States of Sabah and Sarawak–see P.U. (A) 357/1980.
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(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.