## IPC 161

### IPC 161 — Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act.] Rep. by the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988), s. 31. STATE AMENDMENT Kerala
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> 161. [Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act.]
Rep. by the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988), s. 31.
STATE AMENDMENT
Kerala.-
Amendment of section 161, Central Act 45 of 1860.-In section 161 of the Indian Penal Code
(Central Act 45 of 1860), after the explanation relating to "A motive or reward for doing", the
following explanation shall be inserted, namely:-
"'Public Servant'.- For purposes of this section and sections 162, 163, 164, 165 and 165A, the
words 'public servant' shall denote, besides those who are public servants under section 21 or who
are deemed to be 'public servants' within the meaning of that section under any law for the time
being in force, persons falling under any of the descriptions hereinafter following, namely:-
(i) Every officer in the service or pay of the Travancore Devaswom Board or the Cochin
Devaswom Board or the Cochin Devaswom Board;
(ii) Every officer in the service or pay and every member of the Wakfs Board constituted
under the Wakfs Act, 1954 (Central Act 29 of 1954);
(iii) The President and every member of a Village Court or Village Panchayat Court;
(iv) Every member of the Board of Directors or of the executive or managing committee and
every officer or servant of a co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the
law relating to co-operative societies for the time being in force.
(v) Every member of the governing body and every officer or servant in the service or pay of
a society registered under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies
Registration Act, 1955 or the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and receiving aid or grant from the
Government;
(vi) Every teacher or other officer or servant of the University of Kerala;
(vii) Every examiner of a University Examination or a Government Examination;
(viii) Every Manager, or teacher or servant of an educational institution which receives or has
received aid or grant from the Government or the University of kerala.".
[Vide Kerala Act 27 of 1962, sec. 2].
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162. [Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant.] Rep. by
the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988), s. 31.
163. [Taking gratification, for the exercise personal influence with public servant.] Rep. by s. 31, ibid.
164. [Punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in sections 162 or 163.] Rep. by
s. 31, ibid.
165. [Public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration, from person concerned in
proceeding or business transacted by such public servant.] Rep. by s. 31, ibid.
165A.[Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 161 or section 165.] Rep. by s. 31, ibid.
166. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.-Whoever, being a
public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct
himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will, by such
disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which
may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

 IIIustration
A, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution, in order to satisfy a decree
pronounced in Z's favour by a Court of Justice, knowingly disobeys that direction of law, with the
knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence defined in this
section.