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

The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024Central Act · Act 1 of 2024

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.

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Act	The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
Section	13
Marginal note	Members, officers and employees of public examination authority to be public servants.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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