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.
CrPC Section 480 in BNSS: Section 526
Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts
Section 480 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Practising pleader not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts) corresponds to Section 526 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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