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The Chairperson, Members, officers and other employees of the National Commission and State Commissions, and the President, Members and officers and other employees of the Autonomous Boards, shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).