Assistance to Gram Panchayat

The officer-in-charge of a Police Station and the Beat Officer shall give immediate information, in the manner prescribed, under the Himachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, to the Gram Panchayat, of any offence that has come to his knowledge and has been committed within the jurisdiction of the Panchayat and is triable by the Panchayat. He shall assist the Panchayat in the lawful exercise of its authority in all such matters.