CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
480. Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
526. Practising advocate not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
480. Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts.—No pleader who practises in the Court of
any Magistrate shall sit as a Magistrate in that Court or in any Court within the local jurisdiction of that Court.
STATE AMENDMENT
Karnataka
Insertion of new section 480A. —After section 480 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of
1974) the following Section shall be inserted, namely:—
“480A. Other powers of Magistrate.—Any Judicial Magistrate or Executive Magistrate shall be entitled to
attest, verify or authenticate any document brought before him for the purpose of attestation, verification or
authentication, as the case may be, and to affix seals thereon, as may be prescribed by any law for the time being in
force.”.
[Vide Karnataka Act 35 of 1984, s. 2]
1. Subs. by Act 63 of 1980, s. 8, for s. 478 (w.e.f. 23-9-1980).
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
526. Practising advocate not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts.—No advocate who practices in
the Court of any Magistrate shall sit as a Magistrate in that Court or in any Court within the local jurisdiction
of that Court.
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023