Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section - 477 - Power of High Court to make rules

Power of High Court to make rules.

477. (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, prescribed.