Criminal Procedure Code 189 Part IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS Chapter XXXVII THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Public Prosecutor 376. (1) The Attorney General shall be the Public Prosecutor and shall have the control and direction of all criminal prosecutions and proceedings under this Code. (1a) (Deleted by Act A365). (2) The Solicitor General shall have all powers of a Deputy Public Prosecutor and shall act as Public Prosecutor in case of the absence or inability to act of the Attorney General. (3) The Public Prosecutor may appoint fit and proper persons to be Deputy Public Prosecutors who shall be under the general control and direction of the Public Prosecutor and may exercise all or any of the rights and powers vested in or exercisable by the Public Prosecutor by or under this Code or any other written law except any rights or powers expressed to be exercisable by the Public Prosecutor personally and he may designate any of such Deputy Public Prosecutors as Senior Deputy Public Prosecutors. (3a)  The Public Prosecutor may appoint fit and proper persons to be Assistant Public Prosecutors who shall be under the general control and direction of the Public Prosecutor and, subject to such limitations or restrictions as may be specified by the Public Prosecutor, shall have all the powers of a Deputy Public Prosecutor. (4) The rights and powers vested in or exercisable by the Public Prosecutor by subsections (3) and 68(2) shall be exercisable by the Public Prosecutor personally.