Offences in respect of service provider and other persons

(1)Any person, including the person associated with a service provider, shall be deemed to have committed an offence if he individually or in collusion with any other person or group of persons or institutions assists any person or group of persons or institutions in any manner unauthorisedly in the conduct of public examination. (2) Service provider or any person associated with it shall be deemed to have committed an offence if he fails to report incidence of any unfair means or commission of any offence. (3) Where an offence committed by a service provider is, prima facie, established during investigation to have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of such service provider, such person shall also be liable to be proceeded against: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment under the Act, if he proves, that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. fdlh O;fDr ds laca/k esa] ftlds varxZr fdlh lsok iznkrk ls lgc) O;fDr Hkh gS] ds laca/k esa ;g ekuk tk,xk fd mlus dksbZ vijkèk fd;k gS ;fn og O;f’Vd :Ik ls ;k fdlh vU; O;fDr ds lkFk ;k O;fDr;ksa ds lewg ds lkFk ;k LkaLFkkvksa ds lkFk feydj fdlh O;fDr ;k O;fDr;ksa ds lewg ;k LkaLFkkvksa dh fdlh yksd ijh{kk ds lapkyu esa fdlh vizkf/kÑr jhfr esa lgk;rk djrk gS. lsok iznkrk ;k mlds lkFk lgc) fdlh O;fDr ds fo’k; esa ;g ekuk tk,xk fd mlus dksbZ vijk/k fd;k gS] ;fn og fdlh vuqfpr lk/ku ;k fdlh vijk/k ds djus dh ?kVuk dh fjiksVZ djus esa vlQy jgrk gS tc dksbZ vijk/k fdlh lsok iznkrk }kjk fd;k tkrk gS vkSj fdlh vUos’k.k ds nkSjku izFken`’V;k ;g lkfcr dj fn;k tkrk gS fd og fdlh funs'kd] izca/kd] lfpo ;k ,sls lsok iznkrk ds vU; vf/kdkjh dh lgefr ;k ekSukuqdwyrk ds lkFk fd;k x;k gS] rks ,slk O;fDr Hkh mlds fo#) dk;Zokgh fd, tkus dk nk;h gksxk% ijarq ;g fd bl mi&/kkjk esa vUrfoZ’V dksbZ Hkh ckr] fdlh ,sls O;fDr dks bl vf/kfu;e ds v/khu fdlh naM dk Hkkxh ugha cuk,xh] ;fn og lkfcr dj nsrk gS fd vijk/k mldh tkudkjh ds fcuk fd;k x;k Fkk vkSj mlus ,sls vijk/k dk fuokj.k djus ds fy, lHkh lE;d~ rRijrk cjrh Fkh.