Section 44
Members, officers and employees of Board to be public servants.
The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
About this Act
An Act to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes, of Boards, for conferring on and assigning to such Boards powers and functions relating thereto and for matters connected therewith.
All the members and all
officers and other employees of a Board when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the
provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be deemed to be public servants within the
meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).