3. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act provisions relating to sanction or penalty under this Act shall not apply to those examinee who are appearing in any public examination for acquiring academic, technical, professional or other qualification:
Provided that if such examinee is found to use or in indulgence of unfair means in answering any paper in public examination, answer sheet of concerned paper of such examination shall not be evaluated and result of examination of such examinee shall be declared in the manner prescribed by examination authority.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the "public examination" conducted by "public examination authority" as they are respectively defined in clauses (k) and (l) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 ( Act no . 1 of 2024).