Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XXXVII · The Public Prosecutor
377. Conduct of prosecutions in Court
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Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
by the Public Prosecutor, a Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor, a Deputy Public Prosecutor or an Assistant Public Prosecutor;
subject to the control and direction of the Public Prosecutor, by the following persons who are authorized in writing by the Public Prosecutor:
an advocate;
advocate
“advocate” has the meaning assigned by section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967;
a police officer not below the rank of Inspector;
an officer of any Government department;
an officer of any local authority;
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an officer of any statutory authority or body; or
any person employed or retained by any local authority or any statutory authority or body:
provided that in any district in which it may be impracticable, without an unreasonable amount of delay or expense, that such prosecutions or inquiries should be so conducted it shall be lawful for the Public Prosecutor from time to time, by notification in the
Gazette, to direct that prosecutions may be conducted in that district by a police officer below the rank of Inspector.