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  "title": "PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION EXAMINATION REFORMS ACT, 1977",
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  "text": "THE PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION \r\nEXAMINATION REFORMS ACT, 1977 \r\n(X of 1977) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Punishment for Malpractices \r\n4. Offences to be cognizable and bailable \r\n5. Un-pubished records to be privileged documents \r\n6. Official information not to be asked for by Courts \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION EXAMINATION REFORMS \r\nACT, 1977 \r\n(X of 1977) \r\n[21st June, 1977] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the eradication of malpractices in connection with examinations held by \r\nthe Punjab Public Service Commission. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the eradication of certain \r\nmalpractices in connection with the examinations held by the Punjab Public Service \r\nCommission; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cal led the \r\nPunjab Public Service Commission Examination Reforms Act, 1977. \r\n (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Province of the Punjab. \r\n (3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext:– \r\n(a) “abetment” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the \r\nPakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860); \r\n(b) “answer-book” means the document containing the answer or answers \r\nas given by a candidate during an examination to the question or \r\nquestions contained in the question paper meant for the said \r\nexamination and includes a part of an answer-book; \r\n(c) “candidate” means a person who has applied for admission to an \r\nexamination or has appeared as an examinee at any such \r\nexamination; \r\n(d) “Commission” means the Punjab Public Service Commission; \r\n(e) “employee” means a person employed by the Commission \r\npermanently or temporarily either gratis or for remuneration; \r\n(f) “examination” means an examination held by the Commission; \r\n(g) “examiner” means a pers on appointed by the Commission for the \r\npurpose of examining and assessing the answer -books of a candidate \r\nor his ability through a written or oral exami nation and award marks \r\ntherefor; and includes a person appointed to check the standard of \r\n                                                 \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 13th June, 1977; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 21st June \r\n1977; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 21st June, 1977, pages 857-F to 857-J. \r\nmarking of such examiner and to instruct him in assessing the marks to \r\nbe awarded by him; \r\n(h) “premature disclosure of a question or question paper” means a \r\ndisclosure of a question or any of the questions contained in a question \r\npaper before the time at which the quest ion or the question paper \r\ncontaining the question has to be communicated to a candidate in \r\naccordance with the procedure prescribed by the Commission; and \r\n(i) “question paper” means a document containing the question or \r\nquestions to be put at an examinatio n for being answered by the \r\ncandidate. \r\n3. Punishment for Malpractices.– Whoever is guilty of– \r\n(i) premature disclosure of a question or question paper knowing that \r\nsuch question or question paper is to be put or set at an examination \r\nwritten or oral; or \r\n(ii) printing, cyclostyling, typing or publishing for sale or purchase in any \r\nform whatsoever, of a guess paper or guess question pertaining or \r\npurporting to pertain to questions to be put or set at any examination \r\nwritten or oral; to be conducted by the Commission; or \r\n(iii) replacement of an answer book or any portion thereof; or \r\n(iv) awarding with dishonest motive  marks more or less than the marks \r\ndeserved by a candidate, if the person doing so is an examiner; or \r\n(v) recording in any document  with dishonest motive, marks more or less \r\nthan the marks awarded to a candidate by the examiner concerned; or \r\n(vi) supplying to a candidate during his examination answer to a question \r\ncontained in the question paper or a question put or to be put at an oral \r\nexamination; or \r\n(vii) impersonation for a candidate; or \r\n(viii) causing another person to impersonate for him; or \r\n(ix) mutilation, alteration, interpolation or erasure in any certificate or other \r\ndocument or any record maintained by the Commission, or in any \r\nmanner using or causing to be used a certificate, document, or record \r\nknowing that it is so mutilated, altered, interpolated or erased; or \r\n(x) divulging or procuring information pertaining to the Commission’s \r\nExamination papers, answer books, examiners, conduct of \r\nexaminations, fictitious roll numbers, examination results or any \r\ninformation incidental thereto; or \r\n(xi) falsification of official examination results by any means including \r\nsubstitution of answer books, mutilation, alteration or falsification of the \r\nCommission’s records; or \r\n(xii) impeding the progress of examination at any examination centre by \r\nany means whatsoever; or \r\n(xiii) assaulting or threatening any person incharge of an examination centre \r\nor any other person employed in connection with an examination; or \r\n(xiv) approaching or influencing any employee of the Commission to act \r\ncorruptly or dishonestly in the conduct of any examination, declaration \r\nof any examination result or marking of papers, or obtaining secret \r\ninformation relating to any examination; or \r\n(xv) attempting or abetting the commission of any of the aforesaid acts; \r\nshall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may \r\nextend to one year, or with fine which may extend to rupees one \r\nthousand, or with both. \r\n4. Offences to be cogniz able and bailable .– Notwithstanding any provision \r\ncontained in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898), or any other law for the \r\ntime being in force  all offences under this Act shall be bailable and shall be \r\ncognizable by the police only on a report  made by the Secretary of the Commission \r\nor such other official of the Commission as may be specially authorised by the \r\nCommission in this behalf. \r\n5. Un-pubished records to be privileged documents .– No employee shall \r\ngive evidence of any fact relating to u npublished records of the Commission or \r\nproduce any document pertaining to the affairs of the Commission except with the \r\nprevious written sanction of the Chairman of the Commission who may give or \r\nwithhold such permission in his discretion. \r\n6. Official information not to be asked for by C ourts.– No employee shall be \r\ncompelled to give evidence relating to communications made to him in the course of \r\nhis employment or information which came to his knowledge as such employee, \r\nexcept with the previous written pe rmission of the Chairman, who shall give or \r\nwithhold such permission as he thinks fit.",
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