Section 8State of Maharashtra Act

Section 8: Public Prosecutor

The Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act, 1999.

Public Prosecutor.

(1)

For every Special Court, the State Government shall appoint a person to be the Public Prosecutor and may appoint one or more persons to be the Additional Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutors:Provided that, the State Government may also appoint for any case or group of cases, a Special Public Prosecutor.

(2)

A person shall not be qualified to be appointed as a Public Prosecutor, an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor unless he has been in practice as an Advocate for not less than ten years.

(3)

Every person appointed as a Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor or Special Public Prosecutor under this section shall be deemed to be Public Prosecutor within the meaning of clause (u) of section 2 of the Code, and the provisions of the Code shall have effect accordingly.

Sec 7 — Power of Special Courts with respect to other offences

Sec 9 — Procedure and powers of Special Court

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