Jammu and Kashmir Courts and Laws Code of 1949.

This Act, consisting of 60 sections divided into nine Chapters, aims to revise the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Courts and Laws Code of 1948 and to set up Courts of Justice in such territories of Jammu and Kashmir State as have been liberated from Dogra Rule, provide laws and prescribe procedure keeping in view the independence of judiciary. It shall extend to the territories which are under the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government. All Laws and enactments of the Dogra Rule inconsistent with the provisions of this Code or with the enactments passed or adapted by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government are hereby repealed and all other laws, shall as far as practicable, continue to remain in force. The High Court shall consist of a Justice and one or two other Puisne Judges as may be appointed from time to time by the Government on such salary and allowances as may be fixed in this behalf by the Government. Besides the High Court, the Courts of Small Causes established under the Small Cause Courts Act of the Dogra Rule or the Courts established under any other enactment for the time being in force, there shall be the classes of Civil Courts. Besides the High Court and the Courts constituted under any other law for the time being in force, there shall be four classes of Criminal Courts in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir State.