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Section 302. Councillors, officers, servants, etc., to be public servants.
The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.
Act no. 40 of 19651965In forceMaharashtra (State Act)
302. Councillors, officers, servants, etc., to be public servants.— 2[1] Every Councillor and every officer or servant of a Council, every contractor or agent appointed by it for the collection of any tax and every person employed by such contractor or agent for the collection of such tax, shall be deemed to a public servant within the meaning of section 21 (XLV of 1860) of the India Penal Code. 3[(2) Every Councillor shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of clause (c) of section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988).]