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| (1) A person other than the Attorney-General, State Counsel, or a pleader generally or specially authorized by the Attorney-General shall not conduct the prosecution in any case into which the Magistrate of a Magistrate's Court may be inquiring. |
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| (2) In the absence of the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, State Counsel, and a pleader generally or specially authorized by the Attorney-General the Magistrate shall conduct the prosecution, but anything in this section shall not preclude the Magistrate from availing himself, if he considers it so desirable, of the assistance of any pleader or public officer in the conduct of any inquiry. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts