Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) As from the commencement of this Act, the principal Ordinance shall- apply in relation to the Tribunal and to the cases not disposed of by it before the commence- ment of this Act subject to the following modifications, namely (a) in sub-section (1) of section 4, for the words "three members" the words "two members" shall be substituted; (b) sub-section (/A) of section 6 shall be omitted; and (c) for sub-section (4) of section 6, the following sub- section shall-be substituted : — " (4) In the event of a difference of opinion among tle members of the Special Tribunal as to the finding, sentence or order to be passed in a case,— (a) the President shall report to the State Govern- ment, and notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 4, the State Government shall appoint to the Special Tribunal a third member who shall be a person qualified under clause (2) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, for appointment as a Judge of a High Court ; Price—Indian, annas 2 ; English, 3d, Change of Compo- sition of the Tribunal. Savings and validation. 2 The Calcutta Special Tribunal (Change of Composition) Act, 1950. [West Ben. Act IX of 1960. (Section 4.) (b) the Special Tribunal as so constituted shall re-hear the prosecutor and the accused or his pleader (but not any witness who has given evidence), and deliver judgment in the case; and (c) in the event of any difference of opinion among the members of the Special Tribunal as so consti- tuted, the opinion of the majority shall prevail." (2) Notwithstanding the change in the composition of the Tribunal effected by sub-section (/), it shall not be necessary for the Tribunal to recommence any proceedings or to recall and re-hear any witness who has given evidence before such change, and it shall be lawful for the Tribunal to act on the evidence already recorded by or produced before it.