Definitions

Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Examination Centre" means any institution or premises notified by the Government as a centre for the conduct of public examination;
2. (b) "Public Examination" means any examination conducted by Andhra Pradesh State Board of Secondary Education, or the Intermediate Education Board or the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, or any other authority or body constituted by the Government for the purpose of holding public examinations;
3. (c) "Unfair Means" in relation to a public examination, means and includes-
   • (i) the leakage of question paper or its attempted leakage;
   • (ii) the possession, use or consumption of any unauthorized material or information either written, printed or inscribed in any form, or recorded on any device or otherwise, during the examination or in the examination centre;
   • (iii) the copying of answers from, or assisting or being assisted by, or interacting with, any other person or any such material or information;
   • (iv) the impersonation, or creating, or attempting to create or cause to be created in any manner, misrepresentation, fraud or deceit in the examination;
   • (v) the facilitating or abetting, in any manner, of any of the acts specified above.