Investigating Committee to investigate into complaints against offenders discharged on probation, etc.

(1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint an Investigating Committee. (2) The Inspector-General may, by an order in writing, require any offender,- (a) who is discharged on licence under section 15 or who is placed under supervision under section 17, and who is reported by the authority, institution, society or person, under whose supervision he has been permitted to live or has been directed to remain, to be of bad behaviour; or, (b) who has broken any of the conditions of the licence granted to him under section 15, -to appear before the Investigating Committee within such time and at such place as may be specified in the order. (3) The Investigating Committee shall examine the offender and after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, into his conduct, submit its report to the Inspector-General. If the Investigating Committee reports that the conduct of such offender has been such that he is unfit for further detention in a Borstal School and in every case where an offender had been directed to remain under supervision under Section 17, the Inspector-General shall forward a copy of the report of the Investigating Committee to the State Government. (4) The offender shall, during the period of the proceedings under this section, be detained in a Borstal School or in a special ward or such other suitable part of a prison as the Inspector-General may, by general or special order, direct. (5) If the offender fails to appear before the Investigating Committee in accordance with the order made under sub-section (2) or escapes while detained under sub-section (4), he may, on the request of the Inspector-General, or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, be arrested by any officer of Police without a warrant and without any order of a Magistrate and brought before the Investigating Committee or sent under custody to the place of detention under sub-section (4), as the case may be. (6) The period beginning from the date on which the order under sub-section (2) is passed by the Inspector-General and ending with the day on which the order is passed under section 16 or section 17, shall be excluded in computing the total term of his detention in a Borstal School or in computing the period of one year referred to in section 17.