Section 96: Examination malpractices

(1) A person subject to this Act who, before, at, during or in anticipation of an examination-
(a) by a fraudulent trick or device or in abuse of his office or with intent to unjustly benefit himself or any other person, procures, gives, allows to be given to a person or is in any way concerned in the unjust benefit, procurement or giving of, a question paper or an answer script produced or intended to be used in an examination or graded exercise; or
(b) by any false pretence with intent to cheat or unjustly benefit himself or any other person or for any other purpose whatsoever, buys, sells, procures or otherwise deals with a question paper or answer script intended for use or represented as genuine in respect of a particular examination or graded exercise of persons,
is guilty of an offence under this section and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2) In a charge for an offence under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, it is immaterial that the question paper or answer script concerned is proved not to be the one in question or to be false, not genuine or not related to the examination.