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7 (5) The substance of any complaint made orally or in writing by any member of the public in a police station shall be entered in a chronologically and contemporaneously maintained permanent register kept at the police station.

(6) Any citizen shall have the right to know whether any particular person is in custody at the police station.

9 Expenses for persons in custody—The State Government shall provide with each police station a sum proportionate to the number of persons in custody every month and the period of their custody at the existing Government rate of half the minimum daily wages for unskilled labour for giving food, water and other primary needs of every person in custody.

10 Police stations to be always functional—Every police station shall always be functional for the performance of Police duty and alert for those who need police services.

11 Special Police Station—(1) Government may establish Special Police Stations in any area for any particular period or for any particular purpose or for enforcement of any particular law or laws in addition to the police stations notified for any area under section 5.

(2) The buildings in which such special police stations are located, their area, jurisdiction, purpose, period etc shall be notified in the manner specified under section 5.

(3) Nothing contained in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be deemed to prevent the Government from establishing a special police station in a mobile vehicle or in any temporary office.

(4) Any action taken by a regular police station shall not be invalidated on the ground that it was a matter which could have been entrusted with a special police station.

(5) Each special police station shall be so named as to denote its special purpose and special nature.

(6) The State Police Chief may, by special order, exempt the Station House Officer of a special police station from any responsibility associated with a regular police station and may also entrust him with additional or special responsibilities or that are not assigned to the Station House Officer of a regular police station.

12 Police Station Diary—Every police station shall keep a General Diary in such form as may be fixed by the Government from time to time and record therein the substance of all complaints made, First Information Reports,