Section 40. Proceeding before Settlement Officer, Consolidation, Consolidation Officer and Assistant Consolidation Officer to be judicial proceedings

40. Proceeding before Settlement Officer, Consolidation, Consolidation Officer and Assistant Consolidation Officer to be judicial proceedings. - A proceeding before a Director of Consolidation, Deputy Director of Consolidation, Settlement Officer, Consolidation, Consolidation Officer and Assistant Consolidation Officer, shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Sections 193 and 228 and for purposes of Section 196 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( Act No. 45 of 1860).