Cinematograph Act, 1952 · Chapter II: Certification of Films for Public Exhibition
Section 7E: Members of the Board and advisory panels to be public servants
All members of *** the Board and of any advisory panel shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
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