Section 3Personation at public examination

s. 3

3. Personation at public examination Whoever,- (a) not being an examinee, enters the examination hall during a public examination declaring himself or holding himself out as an examinee; or (b) appears at a public examination in the name of any other person or in a fictitious name, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to [five years and shall not be less than one year].

1. 2. The words “five years and shall not be less than one year” were substituted for the words and commas “two years, or with fine, or with both” by section 2 of the Public Examinations (Offences) (Amendment) Act, 1992 (Act No. XLI of 1992)