Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Duty of public servant.- (1) The duties of public servant shall include to, - (a) record the complaint of any person, informant, victim or witnesses in regard to any offence under this Act or any kind of intimidation, coercion or inducement or violence or threats of violence, whether given orally or in writing. (b) read out to an informant the information given orally, and reduced to writing by the officer in charge of the police station, before taking the signature of the informant; (c) register a complaint or a First Information Report under this Act and other relevant provisions; (d) furnish a copy of the information so recorded forthwith to the informant; (e) record the statement of the victims or witnesses; (f) conduct the investigation and file charge sheet in the Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court within a period of sixty days, and to explain the delay if any, in writing; (g) correctly prepare, frame and translate any document or electronic record; (h) respect the rights of all persons under this Act and take no action that undermines any such right; (i) perform any other duty specified in this Act or the rules made there under. (2) No public servant shall engage in any act that directly or indirectly impedes, restricts, or undermines any person’s right to exercise their rights under this Act.