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30/11/24 11:22 AM IST

Odisha govt will bring in law to prevent cheating in recruitment exams

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  • The Odisha government has decided to enact a new law with stringent penal provisions to check cheating and other discrepancies in public examinations conducted by various recruitment agencies of the state.
Odisha Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
  • Actions such as leaking question papers, providing solutions to questions by unauthorised persons during the examination, and tempering with answer sheets or any documents for shortlisting candidates are offences.
  • Violation of security measures to facilitate unfair means, tempering with computer networks or systems, manipulation in seating arrangements, and creation of fake websites to cheat or for monetary gain are also offences.
  • The law says it is an offence for the service provider to hold examinations in alternative premises without the written approval of the public examination authorities.
  • All offences under the new law will be cognisable, non-bailable and non-compoundable.
  • Any person resorting to unfair means and offences under this law will be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than three years which may extend to five years and with a fine of up to ten lakh rupees.
  • The service provider shall also be liable to be punished with the imposition of a fine up to Rs 1 crore while there is also a provision to recover the proportionate cost of examination from the service provider.
  • In such a case, it would be barred from being assigned with any responsibility for the conduct of any public examination for four years.
  • If the director, senior management or the persons in charge of the service provider firm found of committed any offence under the law, they will be liable for imprisonment for a term not less than three years which may extend to ten years and with a fine of Rs 1 crore.
  • Similarly, if a person or group of persons including the examination authority or any other institution commits an organised crime, they will be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than five years, which may extend up to ten years and with a fine of not less than Rs 1 crore.
  • If an institution is involved in committing an organised crime, its property shall be subjected to attachment and forfeiture and the proportionate cost of examination shall also be recovered from it.
  • An officer not below the rank of deputy superintendent of police (DSP) or assistant commissioner of police (ACP) can only investigate the offences under this proposed law.
Source- Indian Express

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