Fee and conduct of verification

(1) Every application under section 3 and 4 shall be accompanied by such a fee as may be prescribed. (2) The Officer-in-charge of the Police Station shall take action to register and initiate action for verification of antecedents of the tenant or the domestic or professional help as the case may be within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of receipt of the application as afore-said from the employer or an agent acting on his behalf: Provided that no verification as above may be necessary if the required verification has already been conducted and the tenant or domestic or professional help has only shifted his residence or place of employment from jurisdiction of one Police Station to another. In such cases, the Officer in charge of the Police Station shall seek a copy of the verification report from the concerned Police Station on receipt of information from the house owner or any agent acting on his behalf: Provided further that above proviso shall not be valid in case there is a break from the State of Sikkim in the tenancy or the residence or employment of a domestic or professional help. (3) Concerned Officers-in-charge of Police Stations shall maintain database in electronic form or otherwise, of all tenants and domestic or professional help living within the jurisdiction of their Police Station. (4) The State Government may by notification modify the categories of exempted persons as may be considered expedient.