Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act,2006
Section 10. Amendment of Section 13
In Section 13 of the principal Act, after subsection (5), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:-
“(6) Where the Commission considers it necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, transfer any complaint filed or pending before it to the State Commission of the State from which the complaint arises, for disposal in accordance with the provisions of this Act:
Provided that no such complaint shall be transferred unless the same is one respecting which the State Commission has jurisdiction to entertain the same.
(7) Every complaint transferred under sub-section (6) shall be dealt with and disposed of by the State Government as if it were a complaint initially filed before it”.