Section 492: Power to appoint Public Prosecutors

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(1) The [* *] [Provincial Government] may appoint, generally, or in any case, or for any specified class of cases, in any local area, one or more officers to be called Public Prosecutors. (2) [* * *] [officer in charge of prosecution in the district] may, in the absence of the Public Prosecutor, or where no Public Prosecutor has been appointed, appoint any other person, not being an officer of police below [such rank as the [Provincial Government] may prescribe in this behalf] to be Public Prosecutor for the purpose of [any case].

Effective date: 1898-07-01

Related sections

Section 491A: [Powers of High Court outside the limits of appellate jurisdiction.] Omitted by the Section 493: Public Prosecutor may plead in all Courts in cases under his charge Pleaders Section 491: Power to issue directions of the nature of a habeas corpus Section 494: Effect of withdrawal from prosecution Section 487: Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try offences referred to in section 195 Section 495: Permission to conduct prosecutions

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