A public servant as per the provisions of this Law, shall mean any person occupying a federal or local job, whether legislative, executive, administrative or judicial, and whether he is appointed or elected; including: 1. Persons entrusted with the public authority and employees working in ministries and governmental departments. 2. Members of the Armed Forces. 3. Security authorities' employees. 4. Members of judicial authorities and chairmen and members of legislative, consultative and municipal councils. 5. Whoever is delegated by any of the public authorities to perform a specific assignment within the limits of the assigned entrusted thereto. 6. Chairmen and members of boards of directors, managers and all other employees working in public entities and corporations, and companies partially or wholly owned by the federal government or the local governments. 7. Chairmen and members of boards of directors, managers and all other employees working in associations and public benefit institutions. 8. Employees in entities whose funds are public funds in this Law or in any other law. Whoever is not included in the categories stated in the preceding Clauses and performs work connected to public service in accordance with a contract with an entity whose funds are public funds, or an assignment issued thereto by a public servant having the power to give such an assignment by virtue of prescribed laws or systems, concerning the work contracted on or assigned thereto, shall be considered to be entrusted with a public service under the provisions of this Law. The job, work or service may be permanent or temporary, with or without pay, voluntarily or compulsory. The termination of the job, work or service shall not prevent the application of the provisions of this Law whenever the crime has been committed during the existence of the capacity.
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