Section 5. Possession and disclosure of question paper

5. No person lawfully authorised or permitted by virtue of his duties in conduct of public examination , shall before the time fixed for opening and distribution of question paper to examinee at a examination centre ,--- (a) open, leak, procure or attempt to procure, possess or solve question paper or any portion or copy thereof; or (b) give any information or promise to give information to any person or examinee, for which he has knowledge or reason to believe that such information is related to or derived from or have a bearing upon such question paper.