Venue consolidation for dishonoured cheque prosecutions mandates all subsequent complaints against the same drawer be filed in the same court. The amendment validates retrospectively transfers to the newly designated court and requires that, after a complainant has a pending case in that court, all subsequent complaints against the same drawer under the dishonour-of-cheques provision be filed in that same court, regardless of where the cheques were presented or delivered; courts must also transfer multiple pending prosecutions by the same complainant against the same drawer to the designated court where the first case is pending.
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Venue consolidation for dishonoured cheque prosecutions mandates all subsequent complaints against the same drawer be filed in the same court.
The amendment validates retrospectively transfers to the newly designated court and requires that, after a complainant has a pending case in that court, all subsequent complaints against the same drawer under the dishonour-of-cheques provision be filed in that same court, regardless of where the cheques were presented or delivered; courts must also transfer multiple pending prosecutions by the same complainant against the same drawer to the designated court where the first case is pending.
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