Legal glossary
“public duty”
Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 · s. 2
(b) "public duty" means a duty in the discharge of which the State, the public or the community at large has an interest; Explanation.— In this clause "State" includes a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); - (c) "public servant" means—
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