THE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS (PREVENTION OF UNFAIR MEANS) AMENDMENT BILL, 2026
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🏛️ Introduced
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What does this law do?
This law increases penalties for unfair means in public examinations and creates faster legal processes for handling such cases.
Who it affects
People, organizations, and service providers involved in public examinations.
Key provisions
- Increases imprisonment terms from 3-5 years to 5-10 years for offences.
- Increases fines from up to 10 lakh rupees to up to 50 lakh rupees for individuals.
- Increases fines from up to 1 crore rupees to up to 5 crore rupees for service providers.
- Requires investigations to be completed within two months.
- Requires trials to be completed within three months.
- Creates Special Fast Track Courts for speedy trials.
- Allows Central Government to create Special Task Forces for investigations.
- Requires appointment of Special Public Prosecutors for these courts.
Points worth noting
- This is an amendment to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
- It repeals the previous Act's provisions on penalties and procedures.
- It creates new sections for Special Fast Track Courts and Special Task Forces.
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | 139 |
| Status | active (section: bill) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |
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2026-07-27
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