Section 14: Protection of action taken in good faith by any public servant.

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

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings under this Act, shall lie against any public servant, in respect of anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in the discharge of his official functions or in exercise of his powers:

Provided that the public servants in the service of any public examination authority shall be subject to administrative action in terms of service rules of such public examination authority:

Provided further that nothing shall prevent proceeding against such public servants where, prima facie case exists for establishing commission of an offence under this Act.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
Section	14
Marginal note	Protection of action taken in good faith by any public servant.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.