Acts of Malpractice in Examinations and Punishments awarded

A candidate indulging in any of the following acts in the examination hall will be considered as committed malpractice in the examination and booked for the same:

1. Possession of printed / xerox / written materials pertaining / not pertaining to the day's examination, or pertaining to the examination already appeared by the candidate in the form of books or loose sheets that have been either made use of or not made use of in the examination.
2. Possession of programmable calculators, mobile phones, pagers, organizers, digital memory pads etc. with / without matters related to the day's examination stored in them and made use of or not in the examination.
3. Writing any matter, formulae, definitions, sketches pertaining or not pertaining to the day's examination, in any part of the candidates' body, dress, instrument box, calculator cover, wall, table, drawing board, question paper, hall ticket etc. and made use of or not in the examination.
   
4. Writing any appeal to the Examiner offering money or any irrelevant matter in the answer book, attaching money in answer books and giving contact address, telephone numbers etc.
   
5. Writing the register number anywhere in the answer book or additional sheets other than the fly slip.
   
6. Enclosing empty additional sheets, wasting the exam stationery wantonly.
   
7. Writing the examination without a valid hall ticket.
   
8. Noting down the answers of problems in his / her question paper before leaving the hall.
   
9. Tearing off sheets from the answer book.
   
10. Keeping with them tables, hand books, code books etc. which are not permitted by the Chairman, Board of Examinations, for the day's examination and made / not made use of in the examination.
    
11. Talking with neighbours, showing signs or signals to others in the hall / verandah.
    
12. Copying from printed / xerox / handwritten bits / sheets / book / programmable calculators, organizers, digital memory pads etc. during the examination.
    
13. Exchanging hall tickets, question papers, scales, calculators, instrument boxes etc. with neighbours, with any formulae, answers, sketches, hints related to the day's examination written on them.
    
14. Showing the answer book / additional sheets to neighbours or allowing them to copy.
    
15. Giving / Getting the main answer book or additional sheet to / from neighbour for copying.
    
16. Writing cine songs, stories, poems or drawing sketches irrelevant to the subject in the answer book or additional sheets.
    
17. Writing the examination even after the final bell, not obeying the Hall Superintendent's instructions.
    
18. Striking all the pages including the correct answers written by him / her in the answer book, when being caught for any act of malpractice.
    
19. Telling the answer or formula related to any of the questions to others who are writing the same examination.
    
20. Inserting pre - written additional sheets(s) having matter related to the subject of the day's examination into the main answer book.
    
21. Replacing the answer book supplied in the hall with a pre - arranged answer book brought by the candidate himself / herself or given by outsiders.
    
22. Writing answers in the main answer book or additional sheets from outside the hall and passing the same to any candidate writing the examination for replacement / attachment.
    
23. Refusing to give written statement, refusing to receive show cause notice, absenting from enquires, running away from examination hall when caught for any malpractice, trying to destroy the evidence by tearing / swallowing / erasing / throwing away the bits, materials etc.
    
24. Writing filthy / indecent / vulgar words or sketching obscene figures etc. in the answer book or additional sheets attached.
    
25. Acts of threats, violence, creating disturbance inside / outside the examination hall, preventing other candidates from entering the hall, misbehaviour with the supervising staff etc.
    
26. Repetitive action of malpractice either in the same sitting or in different sittings in the course of his / her study.
    
27. Taking away with him / her, the written answer book, without handing over the same to the Hall Superintendent.
    
28. Trying to take away or damage another candidate's answer book.
    
29. Violating any other special rules / regulations prescribed then and there by the Board of Examinations.
    
30. Impersonation - arranging some other person to write the examination for the candidate (or) attempting to write the examination for somebody else.
    
31. Assaulting physically or attempting to attack any examination staff while being caught / booked for any malpractice.
    
32. Causing damage to examination records.
    
33. Arranging outside persons to terrorize the examination staff.
    
34. Leaving the examination hall with the question paper of the day's examination before the expiry of the period prescribed by the Board of Examinations (normally 45 minutes from the commencement of exam), in spite of a warning from the Hall Superintendent / Additional (or) Chief Superintendent.
    
35. Causing damage to the belongings of Examiners, as an act of vengeance.
    

The candidate who has been booked for any of the above mentioned malpractices will be enquired by an Enquiry Committee headed by the Chief Superintendent of the examination center. Punishments will be awarded by the Disciplinary Action Committee constituted by the Chairman depending on the nature & severity of the malpractice.
The following punishments may be awarded to such students:

1. All papers of the concerned semester written by the candidate in that sitting including practicals will be cancelled.
   
2. All papers written by the candidate in that sitting (all semester papers including practicals) will be cancelled.
   
3. All papers written by the candidate in that sitting (all semester papers including practicals) will be cancelled and the candidate will be debarred for two / four more Board Examinations, as the case may be.
   
4. All papers written by the candidate in that sitting (all semester papers including practicals) will be cancelled and the candidate will be debarred for six more Board Examinations, in addition to which legal / disciplinary action will be taken by the institution against that candidate.