सरकारी राजपत्र OFFICIAL GAZETTE
संघ प्रदेश दादरा एवं नगर हवेली तथा दमण एवं दीव प्रशासन U.T. ADMINISTRATION OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND
DAMAN AND DIU
श्रेणी - २
SERIES - II
प्राधिकरण द्वारा प्रकाशित / PUBLISHED BY AUHTORITY
Daman 06th February, 2026 17 Magha, 1947 (Saka) No. : 05
U.T. Administration of
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu,
Home Department,
Secretariat, Vidyut Bhawan,
Kachigam, Nani Daman.
No. Dy.SP(HQ)/NCL/Rules/2025-26/1542 Dated 28/11/2025
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of sub-section (4) of Section 329 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, (Act 46 of 2023) read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No. S.O.2506 (E) dated 28th June, 2024, the Administrator of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu hereby notifies the following officials as 'Scientific Expert' of the Forensic Science Laboratory, to whom section 329 shall apply, namely: - 1. Scientific Officer
2. Deputy Examiner of Questioned Document
3. Assistant Examiner of Questioned Document
4. Director Group- II, Fingerprint Bureau
5. Senior Finger Print Expert
6. 6. Junior Finger Print Expert
By Order and in the name of the Administrator of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu SERIES – II No. 05 THE GAZETTE OF DNH & DD Page 2
U.T. Administration of
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu,
Home Department,
Secretariat, Vidyut Bhawan,
Kachigam, Nani Daman.
No. Dy.SP(HQ)/NCL/Rules/2025-26/1543 Dated 28/11/2025
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (SOP) FOR PROSECUTION SANCTION
UNDER SECTION 218(1) OF BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023,
Objective: The objective of this SOP is to provide guidelines for observing timelines for issuance of prosecution sanction as required under section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Scope: This SOP is applicable in respect of person who is or was a Judge or Magistrate or a public servant not removable from his office save by or with the sanction of the Government (Centre or State, as the case may be) is accused of any offence alleged to have been committed by him while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty, no Court shall take cognizance of such offence except with the previous sanction save as otherwise provided in the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
Procedure for seeking and issuance of prosecution sanction:
1. That the investigating officer shall, after completion of investigation with all relevant evidence/documents collected during investigation, which is necessary to prove the offence against the public servant (as mentioned in scope above) through proper channel to the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district of the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, who further submit the same to the UT Administration through Deputy Inspector General of Police, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu for seeking the sanction of prosecution as required u/s. 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
2. That no sanction shall be required in case of a public servant accused of any offence alleged to have been committed under section 64, section 65, section 66, section 68, section 69, section 70, section 71, section 74, section 75, section 76, section 77, section 78, section 79, section 143, section 199 or section 200 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. That in case, the Government fails to take a decision within a period of 120 days from the date of receipt of such request for sanction, the sanction shall be deemed to have been accorded by such Government.
By Order and in the name of the Administrator of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu