(1) All officers appointed under this Act and every person authorised to exercise any powers conferred or to pertorm any duties imposed on him by or under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
(2) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the appropriate Government or any other or person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rules made thereunder.
21. Fowers to delegate :
The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette .direct that any powers or duty which by this Act or by any rule made thereunder is conferred or imposed on the appropriate authority except the powers to make rules shall in such circumstances and subject to such corditions, if Ex-148/1992 - 8 - any, as may be specified in the notification, be exercised or performed also by an officer or authority subordinate to the State Government.