(1) A person who knows that any offence set
forth in Schedule-1 has been committed or is being committed or is
likely to be committed shall, as soon as possible, make a first
information report in writing or give information on such offence,
verbally or through electronic means, along with whatever proof or
evidence which is in his or her possession or which he or she has
seen or known, to the nearby police office in the form referred to in
Schedule-5.
(2) If a person making a first information report or giving
information referred to in sub-section (1) does not give such
information in writing, the concerned police employee shall set down
all matters of information given by the person in the form referred to
in Schedule-5, read out the same to, and cause it to be signed by, that
person.
(3) If a person makes in person a first information report or
gives information referred to in sub-section (1) to the concerned
police office, or sends such information through any person or
electronic means, such police office shall register such report or
information and give that person a receipt thereof, in the form
referred to in Schedule-6. If any person gives information through
electronic means, acknowledgement of receipt of such information
shall be given through the same means.
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(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),
(2) or (3), if the police receives any report or information about the
commission of any offence set forth in Schedule-1 from any other
source or on his or her own, the police shall prepare a report along
with the details set forth in Schedule-5.
(5) The police office shall enter the first information report,
information referred to in this Section or the report referred to in subsection
(4) in a register in the form referred to in Schedule-7.
(6) Any first information report or information received
pursuant to sub-section (1) shall be forwarded to the separate
investigating authority, if any, specified by law in relation to such
report or information, and, failing the specification of such separate
investigating authority, to the concerned district police office.
(7) A person wishing to give information about any offence
set forth in Schedule-2 shall give such information, in the form
referred to in Schedule-5, to the office or authority empowered to
investigate into that offence.
(8) The concerned office or authority shall register the
information received pursuant to sub-section (7) and give a receipt
thereof, in the form referred to in Schedule-6, to the person who
gives such information.
(9) If it is not possible to immediately register the
information referred to in sub-section (7) in the concerned office or
authority, such information may also be given to the nearby police
office.
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(10) The concerned police office shall, if it receives any
information pursuant to sub-section (9), register such information
pursuant to sub-section (5) and forward it to the concerned office or
authority not later than three days for action.