Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — back to Table of Contents
Section 15. Special Public Prosecutor and Exclusive Public Prosecutor
(1) For every Special Court, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify a Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as a Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court.
(2) For every Exclusive Special Court, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify an Exclusive Special Public Prosecutor or appoint an advocate who has been in practice as an advocate for not less than seven years, as an Exclusive Special Public Prosecutor for the purpose of conducting cases in that Court.
Note: This section was substituted in its entirety by the 2015 Amendment Act (Act 1 of 2016), with effect from 26 January 2016, adding the Exclusive Special Public Prosecutor category. This is the end of Chapter IV (Special Courts). Chapter IVA (Rights of Victims and Witnesses) follows with Section 15A.
