Section 15: Place of sitting

15. Place of sitting.__ (1) Subject to sub-sections (2) and (3), 2[an Anti-terrorism Court] shall ordinarily sit at such place or places 3[including Cantonment area or jail premises] as the Government may, by order, specify in that behalf. (2) The Government may direct that for the trial of a particular case the Court shall sit at such place including the place of occurrence of an offence as it may specify. (3) Except in a case where a place of sitting has been specified under sub-section (2), 1[an Anti- terrorism Court] may, if it considers it expedient or desirable so to do either suo moto or on the application of the public prosecutor sit, for holding the trial of a case at any place including a mosque other than the ordinary place of its sitting.

Effective date: 1997-08-16

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