Unauthorized possession or disclosure of question paper, answer sheet, OMR sheet in any form

Any person, who is not lawfully authorized or permitted by reason of his duty to do so before the time fixed for the distribution of question papers, at any competitive examination, shall not: (a) receive or attempt to receive or has possession of such question paper or answer sheet or Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet or any part or copy thereof in any manner, or (b) give or offer to give such information which he knows or has reason to believe to be concerned/interested in or to be received or relating to such question paper.