Section 23
Members and staff of Authorities, Committees and Lok Adalats to be public servants.
The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
About this Act
An Act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organise Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity.
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[23. Members and staff of Authorities, Committees and Lok Adalats to be public
servants.—The members including Member-Secretary or, as the case may be, Secretary of the Central
Authority, the State Authority, the District Authorities, the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee,
High Court Legal Services Committees, Taluk Legal Services Committees and officers and other
employees of such Authorities, Committees and the 2
[members of the Lok Adalats] or the persons
constituting Permanent Lok Adalats shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of
section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 59 of 1994, s. 17, for sections 23 and 24 (w.e.f. 29-10-1994),
2. Subs. by Act 37 of 2002, s. 5, for "members of the Lok Adalats" (w.e.f. 11-6-2002).
2. Subs. by Act 37 of 2002, s. 5, for "members of the Lok Adalats" (w.e.f. 11-6-2002).