Lawgist15Public Prosecutors
(1) The Central Government shall appoint a person to be the Public Prosecutor and may appoint one or more persons to be the Additional Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutors:
Provided that the Central Government may also appoint for any case or class or group of cases a Special Public Prosecutor.
(2) A person shall not be qualified to be appointed as a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor under this section unless he has been in practice as an Advocate for not less than seven years or has held any post, for a period of not less than seven years, under the Union or a State, requiring special knowledge of law.
(3) Every person appointed as a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor under this section shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (u) of section 2 of the Code, and the provisions of the Code shall have effect accordingly.
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- 1 Short title, extent and application
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Constitution of National Investigation Agency
- 4 Superintendence of National Investigation Agency
- 5 Manner of constitution of Agency and conditions of service of members
- 6 Investigation of Scheduled Offences
- 7 Power to transfer investigation to State Government
- 8 Power to investigate connected offences
- 9 State Government to extend assistance to National Investigation Agency
- 10 Power of State Government to investigate Scheduled Offences
- 11 Power of Central Government to designate Court of Session as Special Courts
- 12 Place of sitting
- 13 Jurisdiction of Special Courts
- 14 Powers of Special Courts with respect to other offences
- 15 Public Prosecutors
- 16 Procedure and powers of Special Courts
- 17 Protection of witnesses
- 18 Sanction for prosecution
- 19 Trial by Special Court to have precedence
- 20 Power to transfer cases to regular courts
- 21 Appeals
- 22 Power of State Government to designate Court of Session as Special Courts
- 23 Power of High Courts to make rules
- 24 Power to remove difficulties
- 25 Power to make rules
- 26 Laying of rules
