Section 21: Superintendent of a Centre and invigilator to be public servant
The Uttar Pradesh Pravidhik Shiksha Adhiniyam, 1962State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 17 of 1962
21(1) Every Superintendent of a Centre and every invigilator shall, during the period of an examination conducted by the Board, and for a period of one month prior to the commencement of, and of two months immediately following the close of such examination, be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
[(2) An assault on, or use of criminal force to, a Superintendent of a Centre or an invigilator during the period mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be an obstruction voluntarily caused to a public servant in the discharge of his public functions punishable under Section 186 of the Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), and shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898)] be a cognizable offence.]
Superintendent of a Centre and invigilator to be public servant
Jurisdiction
State of Uttar Pradesh
Status
In force as published by the source
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
substituted, U.P. Act No. XXIII of 1966. Sec. 21. Renumbered as sub-sec. (1) and sub-sectio (2) inserted by sec. 9 of U.P. Act No. XXIII of 1966. 2. Subs. by section 10 ibid.
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