Section 36:
Nyayadhikaris and employees, etc., to be public servants.
The Nyayadhikaris and the
officers and other employees of the Gram Nyayalayas 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).