1[7E. Members of the Board and advisory panels to be public servants.-- All members of 2*** 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).]
1. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-6-1983).
2. The words “the Tribunal” omitted by Act 33 of 2021, s. 9 (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).