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(1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a Public Prosecutor and may also appoint one or more Additional Public Prosecutors, for conducting in such Court, any prosecution, appeal or other proceeding on behalf of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be: Provided that for National Capital Territory of Delhi, the Central Government shall, after consultation with the High Court of Delhi, appoint the Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutors for the purposes of this sub-section. (2) The Central Government may appoint one or more Public Prosecutors for the purpose of conducting any case in any district or local area. (3) For every district, the State Government shall appoint a Public Prosecutor and may also appoint one or more Additional Public Prosecutors for the district: Provided that the Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor appointed for one district may be appointed also to be a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor, as the case may be, for another district. (4) The District Magistrate shall, in consultation with the Sessions Judge, prepare a panel of names of persons, who are, in his opinion fit to be appointed as Public Prosecutors or Additional Public Prosecutors for the district. (5) No person shall be appointed by the State Government as the Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor for the district unless his name appears in the panel of names prepared by the District Magistrate under sub-section (4). (6) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (5), where in a State there exists a regular Cadre of Prosecuting Officers, the State Government shall appoint a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor only from among the persons constituting such Cadre: Provided that where, in the opinion of the State Government, no suitable person is available in such Cadre for such appointment, that Government may appoint a person as Public Prosecutor or Additional Public Prosecutor, as the case may be, from the panel of names prepared by the District Magistrate under sub-section (4). Special Executive Magistrates. Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. Subordination of Executive Magistrates. Public Prosecutors. Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 7 ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 7 (꯶) ꯃꯇꯝꯑꯗꯨꯗꯆꯠꯅꯔꯤꯕꯑꯥꯏꯟꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯒꯤꯃꯈꯥꯗ, ꯑꯦꯛꯖꯤꯀ ꯭ ꯌꯨꯇꯤꯕꯃꯦꯖꯤꯁꯇ꯭ꯔꯦꯠꯑꯃꯒꯤꯁꯛꯇꯤꯄꯨꯝꯅꯃꯛ ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯕꯨꯄꯨꯂꯤꯁꯀꯤꯀꯝꯃꯤꯁꯅꯔꯑꯃꯗꯄꯤꯕꯗꯁꯦꯛꯁꯟꯑꯁꯤꯗꯌꯥꯎꯕꯑꯃꯠꯇꯅꯔꯥꯖ꯭ꯌꯁꯔꯀꯥꯔꯕꯨꯊꯤꯡꯕ ꯉꯝꯂꯣꯏ꯫