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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 477

Power of High Court to Make Rules

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 477 is part of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Power of High Court to Make Rules. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(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, may be, prescribed.

(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.

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What does Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 477 provide?

Section Section 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Power of High Court to Make Rules) is reproduced on this page as part of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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