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The Police Act, 1861 145(g)(h)he has been convicted for any offence; orhe is not of impeccable integrity and proven professional competence in such fields as socialwork, law, administration, education, corporate sector, etc.52. Establishment of Capital City District Public Safety Commission. —— (1) Every Provincial Governmentshall establish a Capital City District Public Safety Commission for Provincial headquarters consisting of twelvemembers each.(2) Three members of the commission referred to in subsection (1) shall be elected by the respectiveZila Council from amongst its members in the manner as may be prescribed by rules, and three members shall beelected by such Provincial Assembly from amongst its members, as far as practicable, a proportion to the strength ofthe political parties in the Assembly.(3) The remaining six members shall be independent members to be appointed by the Chief Executiveof the Province from a list of persons recommended by the Capital City District Selection Panel.(4) As far as practicable, one-third of both the elected and the independent members of the Commissionshall be women.(5) The members of the Commission shall, from amongst themselves, elect a Chairperson:Provided that until elections to the Provincial Assembly are held, the members under subsection (3) shall beappointed by the Chief Executive of the Province:Provided further that until appointment of independent member is made, the members elected by the ZilaCouncil under subsection (2) and those appointed by the Chief Executive of the Province under proviso to subsection(5) shall constitute the Commission.53. Capital City District Selection Panel for the appointment of independent members. — (1) There shall bea Capital City District Selection Panel for the preparation of the list of the persons for appointment as independentmembers consisting of Chief Justice of the High Court who shall be its Chairperson, and one nominee each of theChief Executive of the province and Zila Nazim who shall not be holder of any elective officer nor shall be a publicservant.(2) The selection for independent members shall be by consensus.(3) The selection process shall be completed within thirty days.54. Procedure for selection of Independent members. — The procedure provided under sections 50 and 51 shallbe applicable for selection of the names of the independent members of the Capital City District Public SafetyCommission.55. Functions of the District Public Safety Commission. — (1) The functions of the District and Capital CityDistrict Public Safety Commission shall be to—(a)(b)(c)provide recourse to the District Superintendent of Police for reporting against any unlawful ormotivated order from any authority received by him or any officer subordinate to him;determine in consultation with the District Superintendent objectives for the policing of thedistrict for each financial year;approve a local policing plan prepared by the District Superintendent in consultation with theZila Nazim setting out the arrangements for the policing of the district during the year:Provided that the local policing plan prepared in consultation with the District Superintendent shall include—(d)(i) a statement of the financial resources expected to be made available by the provincial/localgovernments; and(ii) performance targets for the year and their delivery mechanism;evaluate the delivery of performance targets on quarterly basis and send half-yearly reports to