(a) in taking or preventing the escape of any person who has participated in the commission of any
cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible
information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having so participated; and
(b) in the prevention of crime in general and, in particular, in the prevention of a breach of the peace
or a disturbance of the public tranquillity.
(4) Where a member of the police force on duty has been called upon to render aid under subsection
(3), such call shall be deemed to have been made by a competent authority.
(5) A Justice of the Peace for any local area may, in accordance with such rules as may be made by the
Provincial Government,__
(a) issue a certificate as to the identity of any person residing within such area, or
(b) verify any document brought before him by any such person, or
(c) attest any such document required by or under any law for the time being in force to be attested
by a Magistrate,
and until the contrary is proved, any certificate so issued shall be presumed to be correct and any
document so verified shall be deemed to be duly verified, and any document so attested shall be deemed to
have been as fully attested as if he had been a Magistrate.
[(6) An exofficio Justice of the Peace may issue appropriate directions to the police authorities
concerened on a complaint regarding
1
(i) nonregistration of a criminal case;
(ii) transfer of investigation from one police officer to another; and
(iii) neglect, failure or excess commited by a police authority in relation to its functions and duties.]
22B. Duties of Justices of the Peace. Subject to such rules as may be made by the Provincial
Government, every Justice of the Peace for any local area shall__
(a) on receipt of information of the occurrence of any incident involving a breach of the peace, or of
the commission of any offence within such local area, forthwith make inquiries into the matter
and report in writing the result of his inquiries to the nearest Magistrate and to officer incharge
of the nearest police station;
(b) if the offence referred to in clause (a) is a cognizable offence, also prevent the removal of
anything from, or the interference in any way with, the place of occurrence of the offence;
1 Added & subs. by Ord. 131 of 02, s. 2.
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