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Substituted by Act 22 of 2016 w.e.f. 27.07.2016. (2) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as member if he,– (a) has directly or indirectly associated himself with any Anti Social or Anti National group or body; (b) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the State Government, involves moral turpitude; or (c) is an undischarged insolvent; or 34 (d) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or (e) has such other disqualifications as may be prescribed by the State Government. (3) Every member of the District Police Complaints Authority other than the ex-officio member shall hold office for a period of three years. (4) The salary or honorarium and other allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of the non-official members of the District police Complaints Authority shall be such as may be prescribed. (5) It shall be the duty of the district police complaints authority to ensure that all its members and their staff are regularly trained, interalia about,- (a) technical and legal issues related to departmental inquiries; (b) specific forms of human rights violation; and (c) appropriate handling of victims of police abuse. (6) Necessary staff required for the functioning of the District Police Complaints Authority shall be provided by Government. (7) The District Police Complaints Authority shall look into complaints against police officers of and below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police and take cognizance of allegations of serious misconduct by the police officers, which would include incidents involving death, grievous hurt or rape in police custody. (8) The District Police Complaints Authority shall,- (a) have the power to enquire into misconduct or abuse of power by or against police officers of and below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police after giving an opportunity of being heard to him. The Authority shall have the power to investigate any case itself or ask any other agency to investigate and submit a report. The District Police Complaints Authorities shall submit its report to the competent disciplinary authority for appropriate action against the accused officers; (b) if the complaint contains allegations against any police officer of or above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police the District Police Complaints Authority, shall forward the same to the State Complaints Authority, for further action; (c) forward the complaints of “serious misconduct”, received directly by it, to the State Police Complaints Authority for further action: Provided that District Police Complaints Authority shall not have jurisdiction on the complaints against the police offices where a separate authority is created by any other Act for this purpose. 35 (9) Each District police Complaints Authority shall prepare and submit to the State police complaints Authority an annual report before the end of each calendar year, inter alia, containing,- (a) the numbers and types of cases of “serious misconduct” and “misconduct” forwarded by it to the State Police Complaints Authority during the year; (b) the number and types of cases of “misconduct” referred to it by the complainants upon being dissatisfied by the departmental inquiry into his complaint ; (c) the number and types of cases referred to in clause (b) above in which advice or direction was issued by it to the police for further action; (d) such other related administrative and financial matters as may be prescribed.