- 17 (b) As regards the provision of information to detainees about their signature when the cases files are established, it is noted that the applicable laws provide for the appointment of an interpreter when the detainees provide their defence and they both sign the relevant document (report of defendant's examination by interpreter). As regards other documents of the case file, e.g. arrest report, confiscation report, body search report, house search report etc., no signature of interpreter is provided for. (c) When the case files are established by the police agencies, the presence of lawyer is not provided for, except when the defendant gives his defence; this is one of his rights, of which he is informed by an interpreter. However, the police authorities are not obliged to appoint such interpreter. When a defendant is accused of a flagrant felony and taken to the Investigating Judge, if he does not have or cannot afford a lawyer, the Investigating Judge is obliged to appoint a lawyer out of the list of lawyers of the relevant Bar Association. (d) In addition to the foregoing, it is noted that neither the Security Sub-directorate of Chios nor any other agencies of the Security Directorate of Chios have any appointed interpreters. When a case file needs to be established, a private individual is called to provide his assistance free of charge. Relevant actions have been taken and documents have been sent about the need to have permanent interpreters but, due to long lasting administrative procedures, have not been successful to date. We would also like to inform you that, to date, the competent Directorate of Police Personnel of the Police Headquarters has not been notified of any relevant complaint submitted to any authority by any foreign national or third parties. On the basis of the foregoing, we believe that these complaints do not require any administrative investigation. If the Committee has more information relating thereto, we kindly ask you to transmit it immediately to the Police Headquarters in order to fully investigate the case. (vi) Paragraph 66: Request for information: Measures for the prevention of ill-treatment It is noted that the recent Law 4443/2016 amended the provisions of Law 3839/2011 and appointed the independent authority of Ombudsman as National Mechanism for Investigating Incidents of Arbitrariness in Security Forces and in Detention Facilities. It is specifically noted that this Law appointed the Ombudsman as National Mechanism for Investigating Incidents of Arbitrariness, with powers to collect, record, evaluate, investigate or forward to competent agencies for disciplinary investigation complaints for acts, also by Hellenic Police uniformed personnel, committed in the discharge of their duties or in abuse of their capacity, concerning (a) torture and other affronts to human dignity within the meaning of article 137A of the Penal Code, (b) illegal intentional affronts to life or physical integrity or health or personal or sexual freedom, (c) illegal use of firing arms, and (d) illegal behaviour suspicious of racist motive or other type of discriminating treatment due to race, colour, national or ethnic origin, genealogical features, religion, disability, sexual orientation, identity or gender characteristic (article 1 par.1 of Law 3938/2011, as amended by article 56 of Law 4443/2016). Moreover, the complaints investigated by the Ombudsman as National Mechanism for Investigating Incidents of Arbitrariness must comprise the name of the complainant and be in writing and must be submitted in person or by proxy. The name and other identity information of the complainant may not be disclosed during the investigations, if so requested by the concerned person in writing. If the Ombudsman believes that the complaint cannot be investigated without disclosing the name, the