CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
477. Power of High Court to make rules
523. Power of High Court to make rules
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
477. Power of High Court to make rules.—(1) Every High Court may, with the previous approval of the State
Government, make rules—
(a) as to the persons who may be permitted to act as petition-writers in the Criminal Courts subordinate to
it;
(b) regulating the issue of licences to such persons, the conduct of business by them, and the scale of fees to
be charged by them;
(c) providing a penalty for a contravention of any of the rules so made and determining the authority by
which such contravention may be investigated and the penalties imposed;
(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
523. Power of High Court to make rules.—(1) Every High Court may, with the previous approval of
the State Government, make rules—
(a) as to the persons who may be permitted to act as petition-writers in the Criminal Courts
subordinate to it;
(b) regulating the issue of licences to such persons, the conduct of business by them, and the scale
of fees to be charged by them;
(c) providing a penalty for a contravention of any of the rules so made and determining the authority
by which such contravention may be investigated and the penalties imposed;
(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, provided by rules made by the State
Government.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023