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Section 23 Legal Services Authorities Act — Members and staff of Authorities, Committees a nd Lok Adalats to be public servants

The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 · Official PDF page 15

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1[23. Members and staff of Authorities, Committees a nd 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 Committee s 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 with in the meaning of section21 of the Indian Penal Cod e (45 of 1860).

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