Special Investigation Team

(1) The Government shall constitute a Special Investigation Team for the area of which complaint of improper clustering is received, comprising of competent authority, Police Officer not below the rank of Assistant Police Commissioner or Deputy Superintendent of Police, as the case may be and Municipal Commissioner or Chief Executive Officer of the municipality concerned, as the case may be. (2) The Special Investigation Team shall discharge the following functions, namely:- (i) assist the Government in forming opinion before declaration of any area to be a disturbed area under section 3; (ii) assist the competent authority in examining the cases as may be referred by it before grant of sanction or otherwise under section 5; (iii) assist the Monitoring and Advisory Committee in gathering necessary information in regard to sub-section (3) of section 16.