BNSS 523 — Power of High Court to make rules.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) Every High Court may, with the previous approval of
the State Government, make rules—
(a)  as  to  the  persons  who  may  be  permitted  to  act  as  petition-writers  in  the  Criminal  Courts
subordinate to it;
(b) regulating the issue of licences to such persons, the conduct of business by them, and the scale
of fees to be charged by them;
(c) providing a penalty for a contravention of any of the rules so made and determining the authority
by which such contravention may be investigated and the penalties imposed;
(d)  any  other  matter  which  is required  to  be,  or  may  be,  provided  by  rules  made  by  the  State
Government.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.

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