§ 13 Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024

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Section 13. Members, officers and employees of public examination authority to be public servants

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Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
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The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024

Chapter V

Miscellaneous

13. Members, officers and employees of public examination authority to be public servants.-

The Chairperson, Members, officers and other employees of the public examination authority shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023):

Provided that until the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) is brought into force, the provisions of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), shall be applicable in place of the said Act.