No person, save where permitted by virtue of his duties to do so or where he is authorised by an officer not below the rank of a Centre Superintendent, shall during the hours when a recognised examination is conducted at any examination centre or where an evaluation or tabulation work is done and two hours preceding the commencement of such examination or evaluation or tabulation work on any date or dates on which such examination is conducted, or evaluation or tabulation work is done, commit any of the following acts within the premises of the examination centre or at any place where evaluation or tabulation work is done or at any public or private place within a distance of five hundred yards of the examination center or the place of evaluation or tabulation work, namely:-
(a) Loiter;
(b) Distribute or cause to be distributed or otherwise publicize or cause to be publicized any paper or any other matter relating to the examination; and
(c) Indulge in such other activity as is likely to be prejudicial to the conduct of examination or is likely to affect the secrecy thereof;
Provided that nothing contained in this Section shall apply in respect of bona fide activities of examinees appearing at the examination which is conducted at such examination center.