In force · As amended up to 2026-08
6. Other offences .—If any person or group of persons or institution commits any unfair means or offence under sections 3, 4 and section 5, the service provider shall forthwith report the offence to the concerned police authorities and also inform the public examination authority:
Provided that if the service provider resorts to unfair means and commits the offence or is involved in facilitating an offence, the public examination authority shall report the same to the concerned police authorities.
7 . No premises other than examination centre shall be used for public examination .—It shall be an offence for the service provider or any person associated with the service provider to cause any premises, other than the examination centre, authorised by the public examination authority, to be alternatively used for the purpose of holding public examination, without the written approval of the public examination authority:
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall be an offence where any change in the examination centre without prior consent of the public examination authority is due to any force majeure .
Source: India Code