CrPC Section 477 — Power of High Court to make rules

Summary

Sub-section (1) allows each High Court, with the State Government’s prior approval, to make rules. Clause (a) covers who may be allowed to act as petition-writers in Criminal Courts subordinate to that High Court; clause (b) covers licences for those petition-writers, how they conduct business, and the fees they may charge; clause (c) covers penalties for breaking the rules and which authority may investigate the breach and impose the penalties; and clause (d) covers any other matter that is required or permitted to be prescribed.

Sub-section (2) requires all rules made under this section to be published in the Official Gazette.

Official 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, or may be, prescribed.

(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette. 1[

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• BNSS §523 — Power of High Court to make rules