CrPC 25BNSS 19

What changed

• The time line of fourteen days for notice to the state government for the appointment of Assistant Public Prosecutor is mentioned.
• Proviso is reframed but the meaning is same.

Drafting-ready

Under Section 19 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973)...

Bare act text — BNSS 19

19. Assistant Public Prosecutors. —(1) The State Governmen t shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of Magistrates. (2) The Central Government may appoint one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for the purpose of conducting any case or class of cases in the Courts of Magistrates. (3) Without prejudice to provisions contained in sub -sections (1) and ( 2), where no Assistant Public Prosecutor is available for the purposes of any particular case, the District Magistrate may appoint any other person to be the Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of that case after giving notice of fourteen days to the State Government: Provided that no police officer shall be eligible to be appointed as an Assistant Public Prosecutor, if he— (a) has taken any part in the investigation into the offence with respect to which the accused is being prosecuted; or (b) is below the rank of Inspector.