https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169596 The enlarged definition of "public servant" introduced by the Kerala Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1962 was held to apply throughout the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, because the substituted definition used clear words extending it "for the purposes of this Act." The Court rejected the view that the amendment was confined to the Penal Code provisions dealing with sections 161 to 165A, and also rejected reliance on the unamended Penal Code definition. As a result, members or servants of a registered co-operative society fell within the amended definition, bringing the alleged offences within the corruption law and within the exclusive jurisdiction of Special Judges. en-us Fri, 15 Sep 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:06:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169596 The enlarged definition of "public servant" introduced by the Kerala Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1962 was held to apply throughout the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, because the substituted definition used clear words extending it "for the purposes of this Act." The Court rejected the view that the amendment was confined to the Penal Code provisions dealing with sections 161 to 165A, and also rejected reliance on the unamended Penal Code definition. As a result, members or servants of a registered co-operative society fell within the amended definition, bringing the alleged offences within the corruption law and within the exclusive jurisdiction of Special Judges. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 15 Sep 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169596