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(1) Except
as hereinafter provided—
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court at Patna shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the
territories transferred by this Act from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Bihar; and
(b) the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in
respect of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad immediately before the
appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of
accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and
decided by the High Court at Patna shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the
High Court at Patna.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided,
the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall have, and the High Court at Patna shall not have,
jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appear to the Supreme Court
applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of
any order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the
High Court at Patna, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon
be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad—
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court at Patna by virtue
of sub-section (2), or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad retains
jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but
also as an order made by the High Court at Patna.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court at Patna, any such person who
immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court at Patna having regard
to the transfer of territories from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Bihar, shall be recognised as an
advocate entitled to practise in the High Court at Patna.
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