Section 500: Councillors and municipal officers and employees to be public servants

[Every Councillor and every person referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 3, the Commissioner,] 2 *** and every municipal officer and other municipal employee shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and in the definition of legal remuneration in section 161 of that Code the word Government shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to include [[the Corporation]].

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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