¹[Presiding Officer, Members and staff of Securities Appellate Tribunals to be public servants.

15X. The Presiding Officer, Members and other officers and employees of a Securities Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]

1.  Substituted for S. 15X by the SEBI (Amendment) Act, 2002, w.e.f. 29-10-2002. Prior to its substitution, it read as under: -

"15X. The Presiding Officer and other officers and employees of a Securities Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian penal Code( 45 of 1860)".