Consumer Protection Act Section 95 — Presidents, members, Chief Commissioner, Commissioner and certain officers to be public servants

CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS

Civil

Summary

The Presidents and members of the District Commission, the State Commission, and the National Commission, along with their officers and other employees, are considered public servants. This also applies to the Chief Commissioner and Commissioner of the Central Authority, the Director General, Additional Director General, Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director, as well as all other officers and employees of the Central Authority. Any other person performing any duty under this Act is also covered.

This status applies while these individuals are acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any provision of this Act. Being deemed a public servant means they fall within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, which defines who counts as a public servant for legal purposes.

Official Text

The Presidents and members of the District Commission, the State Commission and the National Commission, and officers and other employees thereof, the Chief Commissioner and the Commissioner of the Central Authority, the Director General, the Additional Director General, the Director, the Joint Director, the Deputy Director and the Assistant Director and all other officers and employees of the Central Authority and other persons performing any duty under this Act, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).