State Act
Section 7A. Prevention of publication of false or misleading information
The Andhra Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act, 1997.
1[7A. Prevention of publication of false or misleading information - No person connected with an educational institution or a tutorial institution shall publish false or misleading information relating to the success of its students in a public examination. Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, an advertisement or other mode of publicity:- (i) claiming that any student belongs to a particular educational or tutorial institution to which such student was never admitted; or (ii) showing against a candidate any rank other than the rank assigned to him/her by the Convenor of a public examination while declaring the results of such examination, shall be construed as false or misleading information.]