Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) (including the provisions as to bail and bonds) shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a court of Sessions and the person conducting a prosecution before a Special Court, shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor.
CHAPTER VII SPECIAL COURTS
Section 31: Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Questions on this section
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1. Consider the following statements under Sections 31 and 32 of the POCSO Act, 2012: 1. For the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including its provisions as to bail and bonds, a Special Court is deemed to be a Court of Session. 2. The State Government shall, by notification, appoint a Special Public Prosecutor for every Special Court. 3. A person is eligible to be appointed Special Public Prosecutor only if he has been in practice as an advocate for not less than ten years. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?