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Section 15 SC/ST Act — Special Public Prosecutor and Exclusive Public Prosecutor

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 · Official PDF page 13

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2[15. Special Public Prosecutor and Exclusive Public Prosecutor .—(1) For every Special Court, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify a Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as a Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court.

(2) For every Exclusive Special Court, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify an Exclusive Special Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as an Exclusive Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court.] 1[CHAPTER IVA RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES

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