Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

1. (a) "code" means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;
2. (b) "educational institution" means any school or institution recognized/ affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) and/ or the Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM);
3. (c) "examination" means High School Leaving Certificate Examination and Higher Secondary Examination conducted by BOSEM and COHSEM respectively;
4. (d) "malpractice" in relation to any examination means any unauthorized act committed by taking or giving or attempting to take or give any help from or to any person or from any material, written, recorded, typed, printed or transmitted from any person, in any form whatsoever; and includes,- I. to impersonate or leak or attempt to leak or conspire to leak question paper; or II. to procure or attempt to procure or possess or attempt to possess question paper in unauthorized manner; or III. to solve or attempt to solve or seek assistance to solve question paper in unauthorized manner; or IV. directly or indirectly assist the candidate in the examination in unauthorized manner; and
5. (e) "refusal to work" in relation to any person to whom any work in connection with any examination has been assigned means, his failure to attend at, or absence from, the place of work, without obtaining permission of the authority competent to grant such permission or his refusal to do the work or any other conduct on his part, which results in or is likely to result in cessation or substantial retardation of the work and the words "to refuse to do the work", with all their grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.