The words "public servant" denote a person falling under any of the descriptions hereinafter following, namely
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 persons, any adjudicatory functions
Fourth"-Every officer of a Court of Justice 10 including a liquidator, receiver
or commissioner whose duty it 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 preserve order in the Court, and
every person specially authorised 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 person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court of Justice, or by any other competent public authority
Seventh"-Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to
place or keep any person in confinement
Eighth"-Every officer of the Government whose duty it is, as such officer, to
prevent offences, to give information of offences, to bring offenders to
justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience
Ninth"-Every officer whose duty it is as such officer, to take, receive, keep or
expend any property on behalf of the Government, or to make any survey,
assessment or contract on behalf of the Government, or to execute any
revenue-process, or to investigate, or to report, on any matter affecting the
pecuniary interests of 1[the Government], or to make, authenticate or keep any
document relating to the pecuniary interests of 1[the Government], or to prevent
the infraction of any law for the protection of the pecuniary interests of the
Government
Tenth"-Every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep
or expend any property, to make any survey or assessment or to levy any rate or
tax for any secular common purpose of any village, town or district, or to make,
authenticate or keep any document for the ascertaining of the rights of the
people of any village, town or district;
Eleventh"-Every person who holds any office in virtue of which he is empowered
to prepare, publish, maintain or revise an electoral roll or to conduct an
election or part of an election
Twelfth"-Every person-
a in the service or pay of the Government or remunerated by fees or commission
for the performance of any public duty by the Government
b in the service or pay of a local authority, a corporation established by or
under a Central, Provincial or State Act or a Government company as defined in
section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 1 of 1956
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A Municipal Commissioner is a public servant"
Explanation 1"-Persons falling under any of the above descriptions are public
servants, whether appointed by the Government or not"
Explanation 2"-Wherever the words "public servant" occur, they shall be
understood of every person who is in actual possession of the situation of a
public servant, whatever legal defect there may be in his right to hold that
situation"
Explanation 3"-The word "election" denotes an election for the purpose of
selecting members of any legislative, municipal or other public authority, of
whatever character, the method of selection to which is by, or under, any law
prescribed as by election"