Section 22F - Application of Code to proceedings before Special Court - Depositories Act, 1996

1 [Application of Code to proceedings before Special Court 22F. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall apply to the proceedings before a Special Court and for the purposes of the said provisions, the Special Court shall be deemed to be a Court of Session and the person conducting prosecution before a Special Court 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) The person conducting prosecution referred to in sub-section (1) should have been in practice as an Advocate for not less than seven years or should have held a post, for a period of not less than seven years, under the Union or a State requiring special knowledge of law. ] ********** 1 Inserted by the Securities Laws(Amendment) Act, 2014, w.r.e.f. 18-07-2013.