Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter XXXVII: Miscellaneous
Section 480: Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
No pleader who practises in the Court of any Magistrate shall sit as a Magistrate in that Court or in any Court within the local jurisdiction of that Court.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 480
- Union of India v. Nisar Pallathukadavil Aliyar
- R. Muthukrishnan v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Madras
- M/S. Haryana Suraj Malting Ltd. v. Phool Chand
- Ajitslnh Arjunslnh Gohll v. Bar Council of Gujarat and Anr.
- State of Gujarat and Anr. v. Gujarat Revenue Tribunal Bar Association and Anr.
- Daroga Singh and Ors. v. B.K. Pandey