Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Commission of Sati (Prevention ) Act, 1987

Year: 1988

Enactment Date: 1988-01-03

Long Title: An Act to provide for the more effective prevention of the commission of sati and its glorification and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Department:

Section 10: Special Public Prosecutors.
    (1) For every Special Court, the State Government shall appoint a person to be a Special Public Prosecutor.
     (2) A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a Special Public Prosecutor under this section only if he had been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years or has held any post for a period of not less than seven years under the State requiring special knowledge of law.
     (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 and the provisions of the Code shall have effect accordingly.
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