Section 339.   Permission to conduct prosecution.

(1) Any Magistrate inquiring into or trying a case may permit the prosecution to
be conducted by any person other than a police officer below the rank of inspector; but no
person, other than the Advocate-General or Government Advocate or a Public Prosecutor
or Assistant Public Prosecutor, shall be entitled to do so without such permission:
Provided that no police officer shall be permitted to conduct the prosecution if he has
taken part in the investigation into the offence with respect to which the accused is being
prosecuted.
(2) Any person conducting the prosecution may do so personally or by an advocate.