(1) The members of the Board and examiners, officers and other employees of the Board shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
(2) An assault on or use of criminal force to an examiner, invigilator or any other person employed in connection with the examination conducted by the Board within a period of one month prior to the commencement of the examination, during the course of the examination and within two months immediately following such examination, shall be deemed to be an obstruction caused to a public servant in the discharge of his public functions and shall be a cognizable offence.
19. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or the Board or any officer or employee of the Board for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder.