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Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Bar to Procedure, 1898, there shall be no appeal by a convicted person in any appeal. case tried by a Nyaya Panchayat: 299 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. [West Ben. Act (Part 11.—Gram Panchayat.—Chapter VII.—Nyaya Panchayats.—Section 59.) Provided that the Sessions Judge or Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Nyaya Panchayat is situate, if satisfied that failure of justice has occurred, may, of his own motion, or on the application of any of the parties concerned, made within thirty days from the date of the order of the Nyaya Panchayat, cancel or modify any order of conviction or of compensation made by a Nyaya Panchayat or direct the retrial of any case by a court of competent jurisdiction subordinate to him, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 52. Power to impose fine or to award compensa- tion.