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90Revisiting Police LawsPolice Officer or any member of any Federal Law Enforcement Agency;(b) process the complaint and refer the ordinary cases to an appropriate authority for action andreport and in serious cases initiate action on its own;(c) receive from the Islamabad District Public Safety Commission or the Capital City DistrictPolice Officer or Head of a Federal Law Enforcement Agency any report of death, rape orserious injury to any person in police custody and take steps to preserve evidence relating tosuch incident;(d) request the Chief Justice of the High Court, in serious cases, to appoint a District and SessionsJudge for a judicial enquiry;(e) appoint in appropriate cases a police officer belonging to the Federal Law Enforcement Agencieswho is senior in rank to the officer complained against as an inquiry officer, and supervise theinquiry proceedings;(f) send a copy of the report to the competent authority and direct him for departmental actionbased on the findings of the enquiry or registration of a criminal case as appropriate and directthe competent authority to submit a report about the action taken on the findings of the report;(g) inform the complainant of the outcome of the enquiry in writing as soon as possible;(h) where the Federal Police Complaints Authority is not satisfied with the order in cases referredunder clause (f), it may send a report to the next higher authority for revision of the order by theawarding officer and the process be repeated till it is considered by the final authority;(i)(j)in case of any frivolous, false or vexatious complaint, initiate legal action against the complainant;recommend disciplinary action against an enquiry officer for willful neglect or mishandling ofan enquiry;(k) prepare and send to the Government an annual report on matters relating generally to its functions,including any matter to which it considers attention of the Government may be drawn byreason of gravity or other exceptional circumstances, for laying the report before Parliament;(l)establish when necessary in consultation with the Federal Government, regional offices anywherein the country or with the agreement of the Provincial Government designate 113 [ProvincialPublic Safety and Police Complaints Commission or District Public Safety and Police Complaints]Commission to deal with the complaints of excess or neglect.101. Secretariat. -(1) The Government shall establish a permanent secretariat of the Authority.(2) The Secretariat shall be headed by an officer not below BS 19 who shall be appointed in consultationwith the Authority.(3) The organization of the secretariat and functions of officers and staff shall be determined by theAuthority.(4) The secretariat shall consist of such number of officers and staff as the Government may inconsultation with the Authority determine from time to time.(5) The terms and conditions of service of the staff of the Authority shall be determined by the Governmentin consultation with the Authority.102. Removal of the members. - The procedure of the removal of the Chairperson and members of the FederalPolice Complaints Authority shall be the same as for the members of the Federal Public Service Commission.114[103 – 108 *** *** ]CHAPTER XICRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATION COMMITTEE109. Establishment. – There shall be a Criminal Justice Coordination Committee in a district.