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Section 146 – Members, officers and staff to be public servants | Code on Social Security, 2020

Chapter XIV – Miscellaneous

146. Members, officers and staff to be public servants

Every member of a Social Security Organisation and the officers and staff thereof, any Inspector-cum-Facilitator, competent authority, Authorised Officer, Recovery Officer and any other person discharging any function under this Code, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).