Act Number: 40

Act Name: The Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-09-01

Long Title: An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territories from Bihar to West Bengal and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 18: Right to appear in any proceedings transferred to Calcutta High Court.
    Any person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court at Patna and was authorised to appear in any proceedings transferred from that High Court to the High Court at Calcutta under section 17 shall have the right to appear in the High Court at Calcutta in relation to those proceedings.
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