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Dereliction of duty by a police officer : (1) Whoever, being a police officer : 39 (a) willfully breaches or neglects to follow any legal provision, procedure, rules, regulations applicable to members of the Police Service ; or (b) without lawful reason, fails to register a First Information Report as required by Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; or (c) is found in a state of intoxication, while on duty ; or (d) malingers or feigns illness or injury or voluntarily causes hurt to himself with a view to evading duty ; or (e) acts in any other manner unbecoming or a police officer ; shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with a fine or both. (2) Whoever, being a police officer, (a) is guilty of cowardice ; or (b) abdicates duties, or withdraws from duties, or remains absent without authorization form duty for more than 21 days ; or (c) uses criminal force against another police officer, or indulges in gross in subordination ; or (d) is guilty of sexual harassment in the course of duty, whether towards other police officer of any member of the public ; shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with a fine or both.