The Jute Regulation Act, 1940 (Bengal Act)

( ACT NO. V OF 1940 )

[ 20th April, 1940 ]

Certain persons deemed to be public servants

18. The Chairman and every other member of a Committee, a recording officer, and any person authorised by the Collector or the Director of Land Records for any of the purposes of this Act, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the ¹[Penal Code].

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The words “Penal Code” were substituted for the words “Pakistan Penal Code” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs