Section 21
Chairperson, members, officers and other employees of Authority to be public servants.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority to protect the interests of holders of insurance policies, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance industry and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and further to amend the Insurance Act, 1938, the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 and the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972.
The Chairperson, members, officers and other employees of the Authority shall be deemed, when acting
or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the
meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).