section 556
Provided that the rules made under this section shall not be inconsistent with this Code or any other law in force for the time being.
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989Chapter XLVI MISCELLANEOUS
Case in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested Case in which Judge or Magistrate is personally interested.-No Judge or Magistrate shall, except with the permission of the court to which an appeal lies from his Court, try or commit for trial any case to or in which he is a party, or personally interested, and no Judge or Magistrate shall hear an appeal from any judgment or order passed or made by himself. Explanation.-A Judge or Magistrate shall not be deemed a party, or personally interested, within the meaning of this section, to or in any case by reason only that he is a Municipal Commissioner or otherwise concerned therein in a public capacity, or by reason only that he has viewed the place in which an offence is alleged to have been committed, or any other place in which any other transaction material to the case is alleged to have occurred, and made an inquiry in connection with the case.
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