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The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Chapter XII — MISCELLANEOUS

Section 87Members, officers of Food Authority and Commissioner of Food Safety to be public servants

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Section 87: Members, officers of Food Authority and Commissioner of Food Safety to be public servants

87. Members, officers of Food Authority and Commissioner of Food Safety to be public servants

The Members, officers of the Food Authority and the Commissioners of Food Safety and their officers 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 [clause (28) of section 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023)].

Amendment notes (1)
  1. 1Subs w.e.f. 1-10-2026 Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860)” (w.e.f. 1-10-2026).