give special orders, consistent with this Code, as to the distribution
of business among the Executive Magistrates subordinate to him and as
to the allocation of business to an additional District Magistrate.
24.
Public Prosecutors.
1*[24. Public Prosecutors. (1) For every High Court, the Central
Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the
High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor and may also appoint one or
more Additional Public Prosecutors, for conducting in such Court, any
prosecution, appeal or other proceeding on behalf of the Central
Government or State Government, as the case may be.
(2)The Central Government may appoint one or more
Public
Prosecutors for the purpose of conducting any case or class of cases
in any district or local area.
(3)For every district, the State Government shall appoint a
Public Prosecutor and may also appoint one or more Additional Public
Prosecutors for the district:
Provided
that the Public Prosecutor or Additional
Public
Prosecutor appointed for one district may be appointed also to be a
Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor, as the case may
be, for another district.
(4)The District Magistrate shall, in consultation with the
Sessions Judge, prepare a panel of names of persons, who are, in his
opinion fit to be appointed as Public Prosecutors or Additional Public
Prosecutors for the district.
(5)No person shall be appointed by the State Government as the
Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor for the district
unless
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his name appears in the panel of names
Magistrate under sub-section (4).
prepared
by
the
District
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (5), where
in a State there exists a regular Cadre of Prosecuting Officers, the
State Government shall appoint a Public Prosecutor or an Additional
Public Prosecutor only from among the persons constituting such Cadre:
Provided that where, in the opinion of the State Government, no
suitable person is available in such Cadre for such appointment that
Government may appoint a person as Public Prosecutor or Additional