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18 (3) No Police Officer shall be discriminated by reason of failure in maintaining the physical health standard according to the standards specified under sub-section (2) due to any injury or the circumstances faced in the discharge of duty or a long time chronic ailment.

Provided that subject to the norms and procedures prescribed by the Government, a person who is physically and mentally unfit to discharge Police duties shall be discharged from service by giving compulsory pension or special benefits.

(4) Government shall, subject to resources, provide special arrangements for giving incentives and infrastructure facilities for the promotion of physical and mental health among members of the Kerala Police.

31 Police to keep information confidential—(1) All information collected by the Police in respect of the activities of any individual or institution, in the course of discharge of their duties shall be kept confidential except for the purpose of using such information for any official needs.

(2) Official purposes shall include publication of the said information for the detection of or prevention of crimes.

(3) No persons in custody shall be paraded or allowed to be photographed and no press conference shall be conducted without the permission of State Police Chief for the purpose of publishing the same in the news paper or in any visual media.

32 Police Officers liable to explain—(1) Any person or his representative in interest shall have the right to seek and be informed of the reason for any police action which adversely affected his body or property or reputation.

(2) A Police Officer while performing any act which is likely to endanger or adversely affect the body, property or reputation of any person, shall, as is reasonably practicable under each particular circumstance, maintain records of his actions which are done under any law or order of the State Police Chief which governs such acts as may be prescribed by any law governing such act or as ordered by the State Police Chief.

Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the denial of furnishing information to any person on the ground that it will be prejudicial to the interest of an ongoing investigation or trial or security of the State.

33 Police and public may keep audio or video or electronic records—(1) The Police may make and keep audio or video or electronic records of any activity performed by them during the discharge of their duties and such records may be used in any proceedings in which the correctness of Police action is called in question.