Unfair means

Unfair means with regard to the conduct of a public examination, shall mean any act or omission done or caused to be done by any person or group of persons or institutions, and shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following acts for monetary or wrongful gain— (i) disclosing the question paper or answer key or any part thereof; (ii) participating in partnership with others to disclose the question paper or answer key; (iii) accessing or taking possession of the question paper or Optical Mark Recognition response sheet without authority; (iv) providing solution to one or more questions by any unauthorized person during a public examination; (v) providing assistance, directly or indirectly, to a candidate in any unauthorized manner in a public examination; (vi) tampering with answer sheets including Optical Mark Recognition response sheets; (vii) altering the evaluation without authority except to correct any real error; (viii) willfully flouting the norms or standards set by the State Government for conducting public examination, either by itself or through its agents; (ix) tampering with any document necessary for shortlisting a candidate or for finalizing the merit or rank of a candidate in a public examination; (x) willfully violating the security measures for facilitating unfair means in the conduct of a public examination; (xi) tampering with computer network or any computer resource or computer system; (xii) manipulating in the seating arrangement, dates and shifts for facilitating the adoption of unfair means in an examination; (xiii) wrongful confinement or putting in danger the life or liberty of persons associated with the public examination authority or service provider or any authorized agency of the Government or obstructing the conduct of a public examination; (xiv) creating fake websites for the purpose of cheating or for monetary gain; and (xv) conducting fake examinations, issuing fake admit cards or offer letters for the purpose of cheating or for monetary gain.