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Ex Officio

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Ex officio (officially; by virtue of office); e.g., justices of the peace were ex officio guardians of the poor.

An ex officio appointment that the appointment is by virtue of the office; without any other warrant or appointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular office, Pradeep Kr. Biswas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, (2002) 5 SCC 111 (137).

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