19. (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in the Courts of Magistrates.
(2) The Central Government may appoint one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for the purpose of conducting any case or class of cases in the Courts of Magistrates.
(3) Without prejudice to provisions contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), where no Assistant Public Prosecutor is available for the purposes of any particular case, the District Magistrate may appoint any other person to be the Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of that case after giving notice of fourteen days to the State Government:
Provided that no police officer shall be eligible to be appointed as an Assistant Public Prosecutor, if he-
(a) has taken any part in the investigation into the offence with respect to which the accused is being prosecuted; or
(b) is below the rank of Inspector.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 11 Special Judicial Magistrates
Section 12 Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates
Section 13 Subordination of Judicial Magistrates
Section 14 Executive Magistrates
Section 15 Special Executive Magistrates
Section 16 Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates
Section 17 Subordination of Executive Magistrates