Section 30. Certain Persons to be public servant.

(1) Every person entrusted with the duty of supervising or doing invigilation work at any centre where an examination is conducted by the Board, shall for one month prior to the date of commencement of, and two months immediately after the closing of, such examination be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the 1[Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)]. (2) An assault on, or the use of criminal force to, any person entrusted with the duty of supervising or doing invigilation work at any such centre shall, during the period mentioned in sub-section (1), be deemed to be an obstruction voluntarily caused to a public servant in the discharge of his public functions, punishable under section 186 of the 1[Indian Penal Code 45 of 1860)] and shall notwithstanding anything contained in the 2[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)] be a cognizable offence.