Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In section 19 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),— (i) for the words and figures “sections 7, 10, 11, 13 and 15”, the words and figures "sections 7, 11, 13 and 15" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (a), for the words "who is employed", the words “who is employed, or as the case may be, was at the time of commission of the alleged offence employed” shall be substituted; (iii) in clause (b), for the words “who is employed”, the words “who is employed, or as the case may be, was at the time of commission of the alleged offence employed” shall be substituted; (iv) after clause (c), the following shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided that no request can be made, by a person other than a police officer or an officer of an investigation agency or other law enforcement authority, to the appropriate Government or competent authority, as the case may be, for the previous sanction of such Government or authority for taking cognizance by the court of any of the offences specified in this sub-section, unless— (i) such person has filed a complaint in a competent court about the alleged offences for which the public servant is sought to be prosecuted; and (ii) the court has not dismissed the complaint under section 203 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and directed the complainant to obtain the sanction for prosecution against the public servant for further proceeding: Provided further that in the case of request from the person other than a police officer or an officer of an investigation agency or other law enforcement authority, the appropriate Government or competent authority shall not accord sanction to prosecute a public servant without providing an opportunity of being heard to the concerned public servant: Provided also that the appropriate Government or any competent authority shall, after the receipt of the proposal requiring sanction for prosecution of a public servant under this sub-section, endeavour to convey the decision on such proposal within a period of three months from the date of its receipt: Insertion of new Chapter IVA. 15 of 2003. Ord. 38 of