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Action Taken Report (ATR) Usually, when the Police denies to register an F.I.R, the Magistrate, before taking cognizance, to ascertain the case, calls for an Action Taken Report from the Police regarding case at hand. It simply means that Police has to explain to the ld. Magistrate regarding what they have done in the present case. On the basis of this report, the ld. Magistrate proceeds further. It must be noted that ld. Magistrate is not bound by this ATR and may even sideline it if he/she thinks fit. Problem is that the preparation of ATR at initial stage is not guided by any streamlined law but is at the mercy of either "State Law" regarding Police investigation or the "general practice" in area concerned. The CrPC, 1973, mentions about "#ActionTakenReport" in section 173 (2) (ii) wherein it is obligatory for the Police Officer-in charge of Police Station to communicate to the First Informant (in case of cognizable cases), the "action taken" by him/her. The main point to be noted is that the "heading" to section 173 qualifies the report as a report to be submitted "after completion of the investigation". However, "section 173(2)(ii)" does not contain any word which even remotely suggest that such communication be made after completion of the investigation. So, the question is "WHETHER ACTION TAKEN INFORMATION PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 173(2) (ii) TO THE FIRST INFORMANT, IS ALSO A REPORT/COMMUNICATION AFTER THE COMPLETITION OF INVESTIGATION ?" Analysis- The legislative intent behind section 173(2)(ii) seems to keep the first informant, who is also the victim in large number of cases, aware of investigation so that he/she may be assured that justice system is at work. Secondly, section 173 which provides for a police report clearly spells out "contents of such report". It means that without these contents, as far as possible, such report may not be considered "Police Report after completion of investigation". These contents must be present in the Police Report u/s 173, as far as practicable, in order to call it "Police Report at completion of investigation". Juxtaposing, with above, the section 173(2)(ii) "action taken information" to be provided to the first informant, one can clearly observe, that this provision does not contain any reference to the Police Report as provided u/s 173. Also, section 173, qualifies only this Police Report with 'completion of investigation' and not the communication regarding "Action Taken" u/s 173(2)(ii). In conclusion, 173(2)(ii) makes it obligatory on the part of the Police Officer concerned, in a cognizable case, where F.I.R has been registered, to provide Action Taken Report(s) to the First Informant, EVEN BEFORE THE SUBMISSION OF POLICE REPORT. Disclaimer: However, the question regarding ATR, before the registration of F.I.R still remains, which I will answer in further posts. Thank you for reading my post. Comments for correction and value addition are highly welcomed.

Under the Lawyers Act, the Bill of Cost can be subjected for Taxation where the clients are entitled to question fees charged for services rendered to them. The Taxation is conducted by a delegate from the Registrar of the National and Supreme Court of PNG. The decision of the Taxation Officer who conducted the hearing between the lawyer and the client or his or her representative is final and not subject to further litigation in any competent court of law. I want to know whether Taxations were conducted on all the cases involving the law firms including Paul Paraka before being referred to the police force. The Bill of Cost by a lawyer is in fact an Invoice but issued differently from a normal invoice format because of the rules of legal practice is different in its methods and processes. If a Bill of Cost has not been taxed, how can a criminal proceedings be invoked? The PNG Law Society must not be silent regarding this special provision regarding Taxation of the Bill of Cost submitted by Law firms are not different between the engagement between Government Agencies and the public. These can be politically Instituted cases as the Lawyers Act is very clear about the professional conduct of lawyers and processes and procedures and the private Bill of Cost to be scrutinized in a criminal system is questionable. The PNG Law Society must have a say her to protect the profession!

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