Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
For section 4 of the ptincipal Act, the following section shall be su~stituted, namely:- Punishment for neglect of duties. "4. (I) Whoever, being a public servant but not being a melllber of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, wilfully neglects his duties required to be pCliolll1ed by him under this Act and the rules made thereunder, shall be punishable]with imprisonment for a term which sha.1I not be less th::m six months but which m<.lY ixtend to one year. (2) The Juties of public servant referred to in sllb~section (lr shall indude- (a) to read out to an inl"onnant the information given or111Y. and reduced LO writing by the officer in charge of the poliL:c station. before t king lhe signature of the informam; I (I) to correctly prepare, frame and translate any docUll1ent or electronic record: I I I I I I (b) to register [\ complaint or a Firsl Information Reportlullder this Act and other relevant provisions and to regis[er it under appropriate sections of this Act; 1 (c) to furnish a copy of the information so recorde1 forthwith to the informant; I (d) to record the statemenl of the victims or witnesses;1 (e) to conduct the investigation and file charge sheet in the Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court within a period of sixty days.lllld to explain the delay irany, in writing; SEC. I] GAZEITEOFINDIA EXTRAORDINARY 7 (g) t perform any other duty specified in this Act or the rules made thereunder: Provi1 cd that the charges in this regard against the public servant shall be booked on he recommendation of an administrative enquiry. (3) The c gnizance in respect of any dereliction of duty referred to in sub-section (2) b a public servant shall be taken by the Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court and shall give direction for penal proceedings against such public servant.".