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Prohibition of copying and impersonating at examinations.- Whoever is found in or within the periphery of 500 metres of an examination hall by the Invigilator or any other person appointed to supervise the conduct of the examination, copying answers to the question paper set at a examination, from any book, notes or answer paper of other candidate, or appearing at the examination for any other candidate or using any other unfair means, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.