POSH Act Section 6 — Constitution and jurisdiction of Local Committee
CHAPTER III CONSTITUTION OF LOCAL COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE
Service / Employment
Summary
Sub-section (1) requires every District Officer to set up a committee called the Local Committee in their district. This committee is meant to receive complaints of sexual harassment from workplaces that do not have an Internal Committee, either because the workplace has fewer than ten workers or because the complaint is against the employer himself.
Sub-section (2) requires the District Officer to appoint one nodal officer for each block, taluka, and tehsil in rural or tribal areas, and for each ward or municipality in urban areas. This nodal officer is responsible for receiving complaints and forwarding them to the concerned Local Committee within seven days.
Sub-section (3) states that the Local Committee's jurisdiction covers the areas of the district where it is constituted.
Official Text
(1) Every District Officer shall constitute in the district concerned, a committee to be known as the “Local Committee” to receive complaints of sexual harassment from establishments where the Internal Committee has not been constituted due to having less than ten workers or if the complaint is against the employer himself.
(2) The District Officer shall designate one nodal officer in every block, taluka and tehsil in rural or tribal area and ward or municipality in the urban area, to receive complaints and forward the same to the concerned Local Committee within a period of seven days.
(3) The jurisdiction of the Local Committee shall extend to the areas of the district where it is constituted.
