Section 161: Registrar and other officers to be public servants

The Registrar, a person exercising the powers of the Registrar, an Officer as defined in clause (20) of section 2, a person appointed as an Official Assignee under sub-section (2) of section 21-A 3[State co-operative Election Commissioner and officers, employees and staff employed under sub-sections (7) and (8) of section 73CB], or as an administrator under section 77-A or 78, 4[78A or clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 110A] or a person authorised to seize books or funds of a society under sub-section (3) of section 80, or to audit the accounts of a society under section 81 or hold an inquiry under section 83, or to make an inspection under section 84, or 89-A or to make an order under section 88, or a person appointed as a member constituting a Co-operative Court under section 91A or the Co-operative Appellate Court under section 149 5[or any officer empowered under section 156], or a Liquidator under section 103, shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860).]