161. REGISTRAR AND OTHER OFFICERS TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS
The Registrar, a person .exercising the powers of the Registrar, an Officer as defined in clause (20) of section 2, a person appointed as an Official Assignee under sub-section (2) of section 21-A, or as an administrator under section 77-A or 78, or a person authorised to seize books, records or funds of a society under public sub-section (3) of section 80, or to audit the accounts of a society under section 81 or to hold an inquiry under section 83, or to make an inspection under section 84, or 89-A or to make an order under section 88, or a person appointed as a member constituting a Co-operative Court under section 91A or the Co-operative Appellate of Court under section 149, or a Liquidator under section 103, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meanihg of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.