CrPC § 477 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 477 CrPC — Power of High Court to make rules
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 523 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 523 — Power of High Court to make rules
(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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 523 in full