161. Registrar and other officers to be public servants.- The Registrar, a person exercising the powers of the Registrar, an officer as defined in clause (20) of section 2, or a person appointed as an Official Assignee under sub –section (2) of section 21 A, or as an administrator under section 77 A or 78, or a person authorised to seize books records or funds of a society under sub -section (3) of section 80, or to audit the accounts of a society under section 81 or to hold an inquiry under section 83, or to make an inspection under section 84, or 89 A or to make an order under section 88 or a person appointed as a member constituting a Co-operative Court under section 91 A or the Cooperative Appellate Court under section 149 or a Liquidator under section 103, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. | 