BNSS Section 526: Practising advocate not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 39: Miscellaneous
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¶526. No advocate who practices 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.
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Replaces CrPC 480. CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 520. Trials before High Courts
- 521. Delivery to commanding officers of persons liable to be tried by Court-martial
- 522. Forms
- 523. Power of High Court to make rules
- 524. Power to alter functions allocated to Executive Magistrate in certain cases
- 525. Cases in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested
- 527. Public servant concerned in sale not to purchase or bid for property
- 528. Saving of inherent powers of High Court
- 529. Duty of High Court to exercise continuous superintendence over Courts
- 530. Trial and proceedings to be held in electronic mode
- 531. Repeal and savings