CONDUCT & DISCIPLINE IN THE EXAMINATION HALL

1. No candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination hall after

the expiry of 15 minutes from the commencement of the

examination and no candidate shall be permitted to leave the hall

before the expiry of one hour from the commencement of the

examination. Candidates should be present at the examination

venue at least 15 minutes before the commencement of the

examination.

2. Candidates should ensure that he/she signs the Attendance Sheet.

3. Candidates should not possess and/or use books, notes, periodicals

etc. in the examination hall at the time of the examination /or use

mathematical tables, slide rules, stencils etc. during the examination

except for the examination for which such use is expressly

permitted. A candidate found in possession of such unauthorised

material during the examination is liable to be proceeded against

for adoption of unfair means in the examination in addition to

reporting the matter to his/her employer for disciplinary

proceedings for the misconduct. They should hand them over to

the Hall Superintendent before the commencement of the

examination. Generally candidates appearing for Accounting and

Finance for Bankers, Financial Management will be permitted to

use calculators while appearing for the Associate Examination

subject to the following:

Calculators should:

a) be pocket size and fully portable

b) be silent while operation

c) be battery operated

d) not be capable of being programmed by the insertion of tapes

or otherwise.

e) Not have print out facilities

f) be of the type upto 6 functions and 12 digits.

g) not be capable of retaining/storing data in memory when

the calculator is switched off.

Calculators which do not comply with the above conditions and

found in possession of candidate during the examination will be

confiscated by the Examination Supervisors and returned to the

candidate at the end of the examination. In case a candidate is

found using the calculator not complying with the above conditions

in the course of the examination it will amount to adoption of

unfair practice at the examination by the candidate concerned and

the Institute shall take such action against the candidate as may be

deemed appropriate.

4. Communication of any sort between candidates or with outsiders

is not permitted and complete silence should be maintained during

the examination.

5. Copying the answers from the answer books of other candidates

or permitting others to copy from one’s answer book will attract

the rules relating to unfair practices in the examination.

6. No candidate should leave the examination hall without handing

over the answer books to the Hall Supervisor / Invigilator. Once

the answer book is handed over to the Supervisor / Invigilator the

same cannot be taken back by the candidate.

7. No candidate shall impersonate others or allow others to

impersonate himself at the examination.

8. Candidates are not permitted to carry mobile phone in the

examination hall.

If any candidate violates any of the above rules it will be considered to

be an act of misconduct and he/she will be liable for punishment

mentioned in next post.