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Assault etc. on Superintendent or Invigilator.- (1) Every Superintendent and every Invigilator of an examination centre shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) during the course of an examination or examinations and for a period of one month prior to the commencement of and of six months immediately following such examination or examinations. (2) An assault on, or use of criminal force to, a Superintendent or an Invigilator of an examination centre during the period mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be an obstruction voluntarily caused to a public servant in the discharge of his public functions, punishable under section 186 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).