Members and Servants of Grama Panchayat to be Public Servants

All members of a Grama Panchayat or of any Committee thereof constituted under this Act and all Officers and other employees of a Grama Panchayat, every contractor or agent appointed by it for collection of any tax, toll, rates or fees and every person employed by such contractor or agent, shall be deemed to be Public Servants within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) and in the definition of "legal remuneration" in Section 161 of the said Code, the word "Government" shall for the purpose of this Section, be deemed to include a Grama Sasan and a Grama Panchayat.