Provided that the Government shall also have power to control and revise the acts or proceedings of any authority or officer so empowered.

Competent authority, etc. to be public servant Every authority and every officer duly authorized to discharge any duty imposed on it or him by or under this act shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of Section 2

1. (28) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.