Section 52
Members, officers and employees of Lokpal to be public servants.
The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of a body of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or idental thereto.
The Chairperson,
Members, officers and other employees of the Lokpal 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).