(1) The District Superintendent of Police, and in the case of cities having a Police Commissioner, such Police Commissioner shall take all necessary steps, subject to such guidelines as the State Government may issue from time to time, for the protection of life and property of senior citizens.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-rule (1).—
(i) each police station shall maintain an up-to-date list of senior citizens living within its jurisdiction, especially those who are living by themselves (i.e. without there being any member in their household who is not a senior citizen);
(i) arepresentative of the police station together, as far as possible, with a social worker or volunteer, shall visit such senior citizens at regular intervals of atleast once a month, and shall, in addition, visit them as quickly as possible on receipt of a request of assistance from them;
(iii) complaints or problems of senior citizens shall be promptly attended to, by the local Police;
(iv) one or more Volunteers’ Committee(s) shall be formed for each Police station which shall ensure regular contact between the senior citizens, especially those living by themselves, on the one hand, and the police and the district administration on the other;
(v) the District Superintendent of Police or, as the case may be, the Police Commissioner shall cause to be publicised widely in the media and through the Police Stations, at regular intervals, the steps being taken for the protection of life and property of senior citizens;
(vi) each Police Station shall maintain a separate register containing all important particulars relating to offences committed against senior citizens, in such form as the State Government may, by order, specify;
(vii) the register referred to in clause (vi), shall be kept available for public inspection, and every officer inspecting a Police Station shall invariably review the status as reflected in the register;
(viii) the Police Station shall send a monthly report of such erimes to the District Superintendent of Police by the 10th of every month;
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(ix) list of Do’s and Don’ts to be followed by senior citizens in the interest of their safety will be widely publicized;
(x) antecedents of domestic servants and others working for senior citizens shall be promptly verified, on the request of such citizens;
{(xi) community policing for the security of senior citizens will be undertaken in conjunction with citizens living in the neighbourhood, Residents’ Welfare Associations, Youth Volunteers, Non-Government Organizations, ete.;
(xii) the District Superintendent of Police shall submit to the Director General of Police and to the District Magistrate, a monthly report by the 20th of every month, about the status of crime against senior citizens during the previous month, including progress of investigation and prosecution of registered offences, and preventive steps taken during the month;
(xiii) the District Magistrate shall cause the report to be placed before the District-level Co-ordination-cum-Monitoring Committee constituted under rule 22;
(xiv) the Director General of Police shall cause the reports submitted under clause (xii) to be compiled, once a quarter, and shall submit them to the State Government every quarter as well as every year for, inter alia, being placed before the State Council of Senior Citizens constituted under rule 21;
(xv) every District Superintendent of Police and Commissioner of Police in his jurisdiction shall start a toll free help line for senior citizens.
CHAPTER VII STATE COUNCIL AND DISTRICT COMMITTEES OF SENIOR CITIZENS.
21, State Council of Senior Citizens.- (1) The State Government may, by order, establish a State Council of Senior Citizens to advise the State Government on effective implementation of the Act and to perform such other functions in relation to senior citizens as the State Government may, specify. i o ¢ TERTE WIS EES SIETROT WIT SR-2, S 33, 0%0/3GE 3, WH RIT R
(2) The State Council shall consist of the following members, namely :— (©) Minister of the State Govefnment in charge of Chairman, welfare of senior citizens ; ex officio
(ii) Secretaries of Departments of the State Government Members, dealing with Disabilities, Senior Citizen’s Welfare, ex officio Health, Home, Publicity, Pensions, and other subjects of concern to the senijor citizens ;
(i) Such number of specialists and activists in the Members field of welfare of senior citizens, as the State Government may determine, to be nominated by the State Government ;
(@) Such number of eminent senior citizens, as the Members . State Government may determine, but not less in number than the ex-officio members in the Council, to be nominated by the State Government ;
(v) Director in charge of Senior Citizen’s welfare in Memberthe State ; Secretary ex officio.
(3) The State Council shall meet at least once in six months.
(4) Tenure of the members of the State Council, other than the ex officio members, rules of the procedure of the Council and other ancillary matters shall be such as the State Government may, by order, specify.