law: Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011
  3. Definitions.
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  a.    "Central
  
  Vigilance Commission" means the Commission constituted under sub-section (1 )
  
  of section 3 of the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003;
  b.    "Competent
  
  Authority" means-
   
  
   i.  
  
    in relation to a Member of the Union Council of Ministers, the
  
  Prime Minister;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    in relation to a Member of Parliament, other than a Minister,
  
  the Chairman of the Council of States if such Member is a Member of the Council
  
  of States or the Speaker of the House of the People if such Member is a Member
  
  of the House of the People, as the case may be;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    in relation to a Member of the Council of Ministers in a State
  
  or Union territory, the Chief Minister of the State or Union territory, as the
  
  case may be;
   
  
   iv.  
  
    in relation to a Member of Legislative Council or Legislative
  
  Assembly of a State or Union territory, other than a Minister, the Chairman of
  
  the Legislative Council if such Member is a Member of the Council or the
  
  Speaker of the Legislative Assembly if such Member is a Member of the Assembly,
  
  as the case may be;
   
  
   v.  
  
    in relation to-
  A.  
  
    any Judge (except a Judge of the Supreme Court or of a High
  
  Court) including any person empowered by law to discharge, whether by himself
  
  or as a member of any body of persons, any adjudicatory functions; or
  B.  
  
    any person authorised by a court of justice to perform any duty,
  
  in connection with the administration of justice, including a liquidator,
  
  receiver or commissioner appointed by such court; or
  C.  
  
    any arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has
  
  been referred for decision or report by a court of justice or by a competent
  
  public authority, the High Court;
   
  
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   vi.  
  
    in relation to-
  A.  
  
    any person in the service or pay of the Central Government or
  
  remunerated by the Central Government by way of fees or commission for the
  
  performance of any public duty except Ministers, Members of Parliament and
  
  members or persons referred to in clause (a ) or clause (b ) or
  
  clause (c ) or clause (d ) of article 33 of the Constitution, or in
  
  the service or pay of a society or local authority or any corporation
  
  established by or under any Central Act, or an authority or a body owned or
  
  controlled or aided by the Central Government or a Government company as
  
  defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956, owned or controlled by the
  
  Central Government; or
  B.  
  
    any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is
  
  empowered to prepare, publish, maintain or revise an electoral roll or to
  
  conduct an election or part of an election in relation to elections to
  
  Parliament or a State Legislature; or
  C.  
  
    any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is
  
  authorized or required to perform any public duty (except Ministers and Members
  
  of Parliament); or
  D.  
  
    any person who is the president, secretary or other
  
  office-bearer of a registered co-operative society engaged in agriculture,
  
  industry, trade or banking, receiving or having received any financial aid from
  
  the Central Government or from any corporation established by or under a
  
  Central Act, or any authority or body or a Government company as defined in
  
  section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 owned or controlled or aided by the
  
  Central Government; or
  E.  
  
    any person who is a chairman, member or employee of any Central
  
  Service Commission or Board, by whatever name called, or a member of any
  
  selection committee appointed by such Commission or Board for the conduct of
  
  any examination or making any selection on behalf of such Commission or Board;
  
  or
  F.  
  
    any person who is a Vice-Chancellor or member of any governing
  
  body, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, reader, lecturer
  
  or any other teacher or employee, by whatever designation called, of any
  
  University established by a Central Act or established or controlled or funded
  
  by the Central Government or any person whose services have been availed of by
  
  such University or any such other public authority in connection with holding
  
  or conducting examinations; or
  G.  
  
    any person who is an office-bearer or an employee of an
  
  educational, scientific, social, cultural or other institution, in whatever manner
  
  established, receiving or having received any financial assistance from the
  
  Central Government or any local or other public authority, the Central
  
  Vigilance Commission or any other authority, as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf under this Act;
   
  
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    in relation to-
  A.  
  
    any person in the service or pay of the State Government or
  
  remunerated by the State Government by way of fees or commission, for the
  
  performance of any public duty except Ministers, Members of Legislative Council
  
  or Legislative Assembly of the State, or in the service or pay of a society or
  
  local authority or any corporation established by or under a Provincial or
  
  State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the State
  
  Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies
  
  Act, 1956, owned or controlled by the State Government; or
  B.  
  
    any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is
  
  empowered to prepare, publish, maintain or revise an electoral roll or to
  
  conduct an election or part of an election in relation to municipality or
  
  Panchayats or other local body in the State; or
  C.  
  
    any person who holds an office by virtue of which he is
  
  authorised or required to perform any public duty in relation to the affairs of
  
  the State Government (except Ministers and Members of Legislative Council or
  
  Legislative Assembly of the State); or
  D.  
  
    any person who is the president, secretary or other
  
  office-bearer of a registered co-operative society engaged in agriculture,
  
  industry, trade or banking, receiving or having received any financial aid from
  
  the State Government or from any corporation established by or under a
  
  Provincial or State Act, or any authority or body or a Government company as
  
  defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 owned or controlled or aided
  
  by the State Government; or (E ) any person who is a chairman, member or
  
  employee of any State Service Commission or Board, by whatever name called, or
  
  a member of any selection committee appointed by such Commission or Board for
  
  the conduct of any examination or making any selection on behalf of such
  
  Commission or Board; or
  E.  
  
    any person who is a Vice-Chancellor or member of any governing
  
  body, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, reader, lecturer or
  
  any other teacher or employee, by whatever designation called, of any
  
  University established by a Provincial or State Act or established or
  
  controlled or funded by the State Government and any person whose services have
  
  been availed of by such University or any such other public authority in
  
  connection with holding or conducting examinations; or
  F.  
  
    any person who is an office-bearer or an employee of an
  
  educational, scientific, social, cultural or other institution, in whatever
  
  manner established, receiving or having received any financial assistance from
  
  the State Government or any local or other public authority, the State Vigilance
  
  Commission, if any, or any officer of the State Government or any other
  
  authority, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official
  
  Gazette, specify in this behalf under this Act;
   
  
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    in relation to members or persons referred to in clause (a )
  
  or clause (b ) or clause (c ) or clause (d ) of article 33 of
  
  the Constitution, any authority or authorities as the Central Government or the
  
  State Government, as the case may be, having jurisdiction in respect thereof,
  
  may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf under this
  
  Act;
  a.  
  
   
  b.  
  
   
  c.    "complainant"
  
  means any person who makes a complaint relating to disclosure under this Act;
  d.    "disclosure"
  
  means a complaint relating to,-
   
  
   i.  
  
    an attempt to commit or commission of an offence under the
  
  Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    wilful misuse of power or wilful misuse of discretion by virtue
  
  of which demonstrable loss is caused to the Government or demonstrable wrongful
  
  gain accrues to the public servant or to any third party;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    attempt to commit or commission of a criminal offence by a
  
  public servant, made in writing or by electronic mail or electronic mail
  
  message, against the public servant and includes public interest disclosure
  
  referred to in sub-section (2 ) of section 4;
  a.  
  
   
  b.  
  
   
  c.  
  
   
  d.  
  
   
  e.    "electronic
  
  mail" or "electronic mail message" means a message or
  
  information created or transmitted or received on any computer, computer
  
  system, computer resource or communication device including attachments in
  
  text, image, audio, video and any other electronic record, which may be
  
  transmitted with the message;
  f.    "Government
  
  company" means a company referred to in section 617 of the Companies Act,
  
  1956;
  g.    "notification"
  
  means a notification published in the Gazette of India or, as the case may be,
  
  the Official Gazette of a State;
  h.    "public
  
  authority" means any authority, body or institution falling within the
  
  jurisdiction of the Competent Authority;
  i.    "public
  
  servant" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (c )
  
  of section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 but shall not include a
  
  Judge of the Supreme Court or a Judge of a High Court;
  j.    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government and the State
  
  Government, as the case may be, under this Act;
  k.    "regulations"
  
  means the regulations made by the Competent Authority under this Act.