Section detailing the procedure for taking cognizance of an offence does not make the presence or the actual filing by the appropriate authority itself as sacrosanct. Apart from the appropriate authority, an officer authorized by the Central Government or the State Government could also file a complaint. It can also be a person authorized by the appropriate authority himself. Still more, even any person, who has given a notice to the appropriate authority and who had expressed his intention to make a complaint to a Court could lodge a complaint. This person need not be even in any way personally connected with the incident. The explanation contained under Section 28 for the expression 'person' includes a social organization.
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