(1) A member of the public who has a complaint concerning the conduct of any police officer appointed or employed under the Police Act may, whether or not that member of the public is affected by the subject matter of the complaint, make a complaint, in the form contained in the Schedule, to the Commission.
(2) Where the Commission receives a complaint under subsection (1), the Commission shall give a certified copy of the complaint to the person making the complaint and where the complaint relates to a fatality or alleged criminal conduct, the Commission shall send a copy to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(3) In this section “certified copy of the complaint” means a copy of the complaint signed by the person receiving the complaint on behalf of the Commission and stamped certified with the official stamp of the Commission.
(Substituted by Act 41 of 2006)