Registrar and other officers etc. to be public servants

Every such officer or person and also every employee or every authority of a cooperative bank or a cooperative society who is exercising the powers under this Act or rules or bye-laws made thereunder, or is authorized to exercise such powers, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (No. 45 of 1860).