Section 26
Bank and its officers to be public officers.
The Government Securities Act, 2006
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Government securities and its management by the Reserve Bank of India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
For the purposes of section 124 of the Indian
Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), the provisions of Part IV of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of
1908) relating to suits by or against public officers in their official capacity, and the provisions of rule 27
of Order V, and rule 52 of Order XXI of the said Code, the Bank and any officer of the Bank acting in his
capacity as such shall be deemed to be a public officer.