Section 15
Officers and employees of agency to be public servants.
The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
About this Act
An Act to provide for the sound development of the export trade of India through quality control and inspection and for matters connected therewith.
All officers and employees of the
Council or of any agency established or recognised under sub-section (1) of section 7and all surveyors,
samplers and employees of testing houses, referred to in sub-section (2) of that section shall, while acting
or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made there under, be
deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).