Section 4:
Appeal to the Bombay High Court from orders of Presidency Magistrates in Bombay.
(1) An
appeal shall lie to the High Court of Judicature at Bombay from an order passed by a Presidency Magistrate
under section 515 of the City of Bombay Municipal Act, 1888.
(2) The High Court may from time to time make rules for regulating the admission of appeals under
sub-section (1) and the procedure to be followed in the adjudication thereof.
(3) When an appeal has been preferred to the High Court under this section, the Municipal
Commissioner for the City of Bombay shall defer action upon the order of the Presidency Magistrate until
the appeal has been disposed of.
(4) But, when the appeal has been disposed of, he shall forthwith give effect to the order passed therein
by the High Court, or, if the order of the Presidency Magistrate has not been disturbed by the High Court,
then to his order.
(5) When disposing of an appeal under this section the High Court may direct by whom the costs of
the appeal are to be paid, and whether in the whole or in what part or proportion.
(6) Costs so directed to be paid may, on application to a Presidency Magistrate, be recovered by him,
in accordance with the direction of the High Court, as if they were a fine imposed by himself.