Public Servant (Section 21) Section 21:- Public servant …….. The words public servant denotes a person falling under any of the descriptions hereinafter following namely: First: - Repealed Second: - Every commissioned officer in the military Naval or Air Forces of India Third: - Every judge including any person empowered by law to discharge, whether by himself or as a member of any body of person any adjudicatory functions; Fourth: - Every officer of a court of justice whose duty is, as such officer to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial process or to administer any oath, or to interpret or to preserved order in the court and every person specially authorized by a court of justice to perform any of such duties Fifth: - Every juryman assessor or member of a panchayat assisting a court of justice or public servant. Sixth: - Every arbitrator or other ...
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