law: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
  2. Definitions
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise 
  
  requires,
  (a) "election" means any election,
  
  by whatever means held under any law for the purpose of selecting members of
  
  Parliament or of any Legislature, local authority or other public authority;
  (b) "public duty" means a duty in
  
  the discharge of which the State, the public or the community at large has an
  
  interest;
  Explanation.- In this clause
  
  "State" includes a corporation established by or under a Central,
  
  Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided
  
  by the Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the
  
  Companies Act, 1956.
  (c) "public servant" means-
  (i) any person in the
  
  service or pay of the Government or  remunerated by the Government by fees
  
  or commission for the performance of any public duty;
  (ii) any person in the
  
  service or pay of a local authority ;
  (iii) any person in
  
  the service or pay of a corporation established by or under a Central,
  
  Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided
  
  by the Government or a Government company as defined in section 617 of the
  
  Companies Act, 1956;
  (iv) any Judge,
  
  including any person empowered by law to discharge, whether by himself or as a
  
  member of any body of persons, any adjudicatory functions;
  (v) any person
  
  authorized 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;
  (vi) 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;
  (vii) 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;
  (viii) any person who
  
  holds an office by virtue of which he is authorized or required to perform any
  
  public duty;
  (ix) 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 a State Government or
  
  from any corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State
  
  Act, or any authority or body owned or controlled or aided by the Government or
  
  a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956;
  (x) any person who is
  
  a chairman, member or employee of any 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;
  (xi) any person who is
  
  a Vice-Chancellor or member of any governing body, professor, reader,  lecturer
  
  or any other teacher or employee, by whatever designation called, of any
  
  University and any person whose services have been availed of by a University
  
  or any other public authority in connection with holding or conducting
  
  examinations;
  (xii) 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
  
  State Government, or local or other public authority.
  Explanation 1.- Persons falling under
  
  any of the above sub-clauses are public servants, whether appointed by the
  
  Government or not.
  Explanation 2.- Wherever the words
  
  "public servant" occur, they shall be understood of every person who
  
  is in actual possession of the situation of a public servant, whatever legal
  
  defect there may be in his right to hold that situation.