Chairperson, members and staff of Authority and Board to be public servants

118. Chairperson, members and staff of Authority and Board to be public servants.—The Chairperson, members, officers and other employees of the Central Authority, State Authority and the Board shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).