Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
VII · Section 32

Special Public Prosecutors

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Special Public Prosecutor for every Special Court for conducting cases only under the provisions of this Act.

(2) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor under sub-section (1) only if he had been in practice for not less than seven years as an advocate.

(3) Every person appointed as 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 of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)and provision of that Code shall have effect accordingly. PROCEDURE AND POWERS OF SPECIAL COURTS AND RECORDING OF EVIDENCE

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