Procedural provisions which regulate the State's role are more important in Criminal Procedure than Civil Procedure because:

The State is always the prosecution in Criminal matters and has an imbalance of power in its favour in Criminal matters.

b.

The State can be a party to both civil and criminal litigation.

c.

The initial statement is incorrect because the State can be a party in civil matters as well as criminal matters.

d.

The State is not a party to civil litigation.