Unauthorised help received by the examinee

(1) If the examinee, during the public examination, takes an unauthorised help from any person directly or indirectly or from any material written, recorded, copied or printed, in any form whatsoever, or use of any unauthorised electronic or mechanical instrument or gadget, he shall be referred to the examination authority and the decision of the examination authority in such case shall be final. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in case an examinee appearing in the public examination other than the examination conducted for the recruitment, by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board or the State Funded Universities, has committed any offence under this Act, he shall be referred to the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board or as the case may be, to the concerned University and the decision of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board or concerned University, in this case shall be final.