Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Government shall establish a Police Complaints Authority at the State level to look into- (i) complaints of grave misconduct of all types against Police Officers of and above the rank of Superintendent of Police; (ii) serious complaints against officers of other ranks relating to molestation of women in custody or causation of death to any person or infliction of grievous hurt to any person or rape. (2) The State Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) a retired Judge of a High Court who shall be the Chairman of the Authority; (ii) a serving officer not below the rank of Principal Secretary to Government; and (iii) a serving officer not below the rank of Additional Director General of Police. (3) The Government shall establish Police Complaints Authority at the district level to look into complaints against Police Officers of and upto the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. (4) The District Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) a retired District Judge, who shall be the Chairman; (ii) the District Collector; and (iii) the District Superintendent of Police: Provided that the Chairman of one District Authority may be appointed as the Chairman of one or more District Authorities. (5) The conditions of service, remuneration and other allowances of the members of the State Authority and District Authorities and the procedure for functioning of the authority or authorities shall be in such manner as may be prescribed. (6) The Government shall, in consultation with the authority or authorities, provide all necessary facilities for their proper functioning. (7) The State Authority and the District Level Authorities shall, while conducting enquiry, have all the powers of a Civil Court, while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) receiving evidence on affidavit; and (d) any other matter which may be prescribed. (8) All agencies of the Government shall render all possible assistance to the authority or authorities in respect of production of documents, examination of records, analysis of evidence or provision of expert assistance in any matter in which such authority or authorities or an officer acting under the orders of such authority or authorities requires their assistance. (9) The recommendations of the authority or authorities, for any action, departmental or criminal, against a delinquent Police Officer shall be binding insofar as initiation of departmental proceedings or registration of a criminal case is concerned. Such recommendation shall, however, not prejudice the application of mind by the enquiry officer or the investigating officer when he is conducting the departmental enquiry or criminal investigation, as the case may be.]