No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the State Governm~nt or 'any person or authority for anything done or intended to be done in good faith , in pursuance of the provisions of this Act.
1. Inserted by P.:;t No. 19 o f 1976.
13 1[14-A. Saving.-- Nothing contained in this Act or the shamilat law, shall-- ( a) affect or shall be deemed ever to have affected any right of the State Government in the land vested or deemed to be vested in a Panchayat under this Act; or
(b) entitle or shall be deemed ever to have entitled a Panchayat or any other authority under this Act or the 'shamilat law' to exercise any right or to do any ~ct in respect of any land in the "Hilly area,, vested or deemed to be vested in the Panchayat whether such land has or has not been declared as a protected forest under section 29 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, in contravention of the provisions of that Act or the Rules made thereunder.]