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Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024
February 13 , 2024
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- The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, was introduced in Lok Sabha.
- The Bill aims to prevent “unfair means” in order to “bring greater transparency, fairness and credibility to the public examinations system”.
- Section 3 of the Bill lists at least 15 actions that amount to using unfair means in public examinations “for monetary or wrongful gain”.
- These acts include:
- Leakage of question paper or answer key or part thereof” and colluding in such leakage;
- Accessing or taking possession of question paper or an Optical Mark Recognition response sheet without authority”;
- Tampering with answer sheets including Optical Mark Recognition response sheets”;
- Providing solution to one or more questions by any unauthorised person during a public examination”, and
- Directly or indirectly assisting the candidate” in a public examination.
- Section 9 of the Bill states that all offences shall be cognizable, non-bailable, and non-compoundable.
- Punishment for “any person or persons resorting to unfair means and offences” can be three to five years in prison, and a fine up to Rs 10 lakh.
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