law: The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
  51. Members,
  
  officers, etc., of National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Board
  
  deemed to be public servants.-
  All members, officers
  
  and other employees of the National Biodiversity Authority or the State
  
  Biodiversity Board shall be deemed, w en acting or purporting to act in
  
  pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within
  
  the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).