(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the authorised officer, Land Commissioner, Land Tribunal or other authority for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder .
(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government for any damage caused or likely to be caused by virtue of any provision of this Act or by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder.
Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
72. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no civil court shall have jurisdiction to decide or deal with any question which is by or under this Act required to be decided or dealt with by the authorised officer, the Land Commissioner, the Land Tribunal or other authority.
Parties not to be represented by legal practitioners before the authorised officer +[72-A. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no party to any proceeding under this Act shall be entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner before the authorised officer:
Provided that the authorised officer may, in the interests of justice and for reasons to be recorded in writing, allow any such party to be represented by a legal practitioner at his own cost.
Explanation. – For the purposes of this section, "legal practitioner" has the same meaning as in clause (1) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961)].
+ Inserted as per the Puducherry Land Reforms (Amendment) Regulation, 1977 w.e.f 28.02.77 205 Court fees
73. The court-fee payable in respect of-
(a) any suit under sub-section (3) of section 10, shall be twenty-five rupees;
(b) any appeal to the Land Tribunal under section 46, shall be five rupees;
(c) any appeal to the High Court under section 47, shall be twenty-five rupees;
(d) any application for revision by the Land Commissioner under section 49, shall be one rupee;
(e) any application for revision by the High Court under section 50, shall be ten rupees; and
(f) any other case, shall be such fee as may be prescribed.
Delegation of powers
74. The Government may, by notification, direct that any power exercisable by the Land Commissioner or any authorised officer, under this Act or the rules made thereunder, shall, in relation to such matters and subject to such conditions, as may be specified in such notification, be exercisable also by such officer or authority subordinate to the Government, as may be specified in the notification.
Power to remove difficulties
75. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, as occasion may require, by order, do anything which appears to it necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty;
Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiration of two years from the notified date.
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