Neglect of Duty Definition, Scenario and Simple Explanation

Neglect of Duty

Neglect of duty is a term and a case for the people who in charge in an act that should do as their duty either public officials or person in authority, and agent of person in authority. The refusal to do that acts if the incidents occurred in their presence, by neglecting of duty that they should do as their act before the oath has made before the obligation had confided in the position.

An accepting of salary but performing not the obligation that they promised with their oath might considered as neglect of duty due to the act was the manifestation that they neglecting their duty to do so.

Neglect of duty differ from command responsibility, due to the command responsibility is an act of subordinate which affects with the liability of the person who administer or manage the subordinate or to the office that where the people is employee of it.

Neglect of duty Definition

The neglect of duty definition or the definition of neglect of duty is either intentional, by ignorance as the causes of negligence of the person / people who should execute the particular act who in charge to guard, secure,investigate and the like duties those needs of execute in case of needed by from private individual, by request, by incidents and same manners where the obligation shall exist to anyone who in charge by law as part on government sector.

Neglect of duty scenario

Below is the simple neglect of duty scenario for better accuracy of understanding regarding the neglect of duty.

A is a Police Officer; B is a convicted criminal and A as Police Officer conducts police visibility in the market to eliminate the physical opportunity.

There was information regarding the prisoner that escaped in the penal colony and A as Police Officer saw the prisoner who escaped from the penal colony in the market and A did not arrest despite of information and simple knowledge that the person was the prisoner who escape from the penal colony.

A as Police Officer shall liable of neglect of duty? The answer is big YES due to the Police officer has knowledge and information regarding that prisoner with supporting of his / her eyes that he / she saw the convicted criminal but the Police performing not the obligation that should do. The Police Officer shall liable of neglect of duty.

We can reverse this scenario if the Police Officer has no knowledge and information regarding the convicted criminal in the simple explanation below.

What if the Police Officer who conducted police visibility has no knowledge and information regarding the prisoner who escaped from the penal colony even though the Police Officer saw that person, still the Police Officer is liable of neglect of duty?

Even the Police Officer saw it how many times but that Law Enforcer has knowledge and information not about that person. It is natural to think even the Law Enforcer will presume that person is just an ordinary citizen; if the Law Enforcer has absent regarding the two above mentioned terms therefore the Law Enforcer is not guilty of neglect of duty.