(1) No prosecution for any offence punishable under this Act shall be instituted except with the previous sanction of the Board.
(2) No Court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
49. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie instituted in any court against the Board or against any person or authority acting under the direction of any officer or other employee of the Board for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder.
Delegation of powers by the Board.
50. The Board may, by order, direct that any power conferred or any duty imposed on it by or under this Act shall, in such circumstances and under such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, be exercised and performed also by any officer or employee specified in the order.
Dissolution of the Board. 51. (1) Where the Government is satisfied that the purposes for which the Board was established under this Act have been substantially achieved so as to render the continued existence of the Board in the opinion of the Government unnecessary, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare that the Board shall be dissolved with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification and the Board shall be deemed to be dissolved accordingly.
(2) Upon the publication of the notification under sub-section (1) dissolving the Board -
(a) all properties, funds and dues, which are vested in or realizable by, the Board, shall vest in, or be realizable by, the Government;
(b) all lands placed at the disposal of the Board shall revert to the Government ; and
(c) services of all the officials and officers working under the Board shall be deemed to be transferred to the Government.
24 Power to make rules.