CHAPTER VII SPECIAL COURTS

Section 32: Special Public Prosecutors

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Special Public Prosecutor for every Special Court for conducting cases only under the provisions of this Act.

(2) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor under sub-section (1) only if he had been in practice for not less than seven years as an advocate.

(3) Every person appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor under this section shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (u) of section 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) and provision of that Code shall have effect accordingly.

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?

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