Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIII
107A. Report on status of investigation
Feedback & supportAny person who has given information under section 107
may request for a report on the status of the investigation of the offence complained of in his information from the officer in charge of a police station where he gave the information.
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
The officer in charge of a police station shall give a status report on the investigation of such offence to the informant not later than two weeks from the receipt of the request made under subsection (1).
Notwithstanding subsection (2), no officer in charge of a police station shall be required to provide a status report on an investigation of an offence―
unless the offence complained of is a seizable offence;
unless a period of four weeks has lapsed from the date of the giving of the information under section 107; and
which contains any matter that is likely to adversely affect the investigation into the offence or the prosecution of the offence.
Where a request has been made under subsection (1) and the officer in charge of the police station has failed to furnish the informant with a status report within the period specified in subsection (2), but subject to subsection (3), the informant may make a report to the Public
Prosecutor of the failure.
Upon receipt of the report under subsection (4), the Public Prosecutor shall direct the Officer in charge of the Police District to furnish him with a detailed status report on the investigation that has been conducted by the police in relation to the offence in the information given by the informant.
Police District
“Police District” means any area designated as such under the Police Act 1967, and, unless and until an area is so designated, means any area constituted or recognized as a Police District at the commencement of this Code;
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The Public Prosecutor shall cause to be furnished to the informant, or direct the Officer in charge of the Police District to furnish to the informant, a status report containing such information as may be directed by the Public Prosecutor.