Police Protection for an Advocate under Advocates Protection Bill | FindYourAdvocate
Under section 7 of Advocates protection bill where drafting committee mentioned that how an advocates can enjoy the police protection right .
7. Police Protection:
(1) Any Advocate who is under the threat of being a victim of act of violence shall be entitled to Police Protection for a duration which the Court deems fit, upon making an application before the High Court of the State within which he is registered to Practice law .
(2) Every High Court shall, before passing orders under Sec. 7(1), scrutinize the personal antecedents of such advocate, including his criminal record and any other necessary material which it requires, in order to satisfy itself of the character and conduct of such advocate, and the bona-fides of the application filed under Sec. 7(1).
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(3) Wherever the Police security is provided to the Advocate, the Superintendent of Police shall, before taking a decision to withdraw, reduce or discontinue such security, refer the matter to the Registrar of the District Court or in the case of an Advocate ordinarily prosecuting in the High Court, the Registrar General of the High Court for their concurrence.
(4) No decision shall be taken by the Superintendent of Police to withdraw, reduce or discontinue the security provided to the Advocate, unless a notice of one week is first served on the advocate in this regard.
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