(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Authority or any member or officer or employee of the Authority for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder.
(2) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Authority or any member or officer or employee of the Authority for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder.
Inquiry.
Bar of jurisdiction.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
Public servants.
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88. Every police officer shall forthwith furnish information to the nearest officer of the Authority or any officer subordinate thereto of any offence under this Act coming to his knowledge and shall be bound to assist the Authority and its officers and employees in the exercise of their lawful authority.
89. Wherever any village headman, village accountant, village watchman or other village official, by whatever name called, becomes aware of any offence involving unauthorised occupation, damage or destruction of a highway, he shall forthwith inform the nearest police station or the nearest office of the Authority or any officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government or the Authority, the commission of such offence and shall also be duty bound to assist the State Government or the Authority and such authorised officer in prosecuting the offender of the offence.
90. Subject to any rules made in this behalf, any person, generally or specially authorised by the State Government or the Authority in this behalf, may, whenever it is necessary so to do for any of the purposes of this Act, at all reasonable times, enter upon any land or premises, and-
(a) make any inspection, survey, measurement, valuation or enquiry;
(b) take levels;
(c) dig or bore into sub-soil;
(d) set out boundaries and intended lines of work;
(e) mark such boundaries and lines by placing marks and cutting trenches; or
(f) do such other acts or things as may be prescribed:
Duty of village officials.
Power to enter.
Powers and duties of Police.
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Provided that no such person shall enter any boundary or any enclosed court or garden attached to a dwelling house (except with the consent of the occupier thereof) without previously giving such occupier at least twenty-four hours’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.