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Power of High Court to make rules

Power of High Court to make rules :

Section –  477. (1) Every High Court may, with the previous approval of the State Government, make rules—

(a) Â as to the persons who may be permitted to act as petition-writers in the Criminal Courts subordinate to it;
(b) Â 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) Â 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) Â any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.

(2) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette.