Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Information to Police and Powers of Investigation
15. Information about offences received by authorised persons
Feedback & supportWhen information about an offence is given to any authorised person —
that person must immediately record the information in a report and communicate that report to the officer in charge of a police station or any police officer whose duty includes dealing with reports relating to the commission of any offence; and
that officer must then proceed in accordance with section 16 or 17.
If requested, the officer mentioned in subsection (1) must give a copy of the information recorded under this section to the informant upon payment of the prescribed fee.
In this section, “authorised person” means any person, not being a police officer, who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police to receive reports relating to the commission of any offence.
police officer
“police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;