Amendment of Central Act 2 of 1947

In the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (Central Act 2 of 1947) — (i) for section 2, the following section shall be substituted, name:— “2. Interpretation .—For the purposes of this Act, “public servant” shall have the meaning assigned to it under the explanation to section 161 of the Indian Penal Code as amended by the Kerala Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1962.”; (ii) in section 5A, for the words, figures and letter, “under section 161, section 165 or section “165A”, the words, figures and letter “under section 161, 162, 163, 164, 165 or 165A” shall be substituted; (iii) in sub-section (1) of section 6, after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — “(bb) in the case of a person falling under any of the descriptions mentioned in items (i) to (viii) in the explanation relating to ‘Public servant' in section 161 of the Indian Penal Code as amended by the Kerala Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1962, save by or with the sanction of the State Government;”.