(1) No suit, prosecution or other proceeding. shall lie against any officer or servant of the 1[State] Government for any act done or purporting to be done under this Act, without the previous sanction, of the 1[State] Government.
(2) No officer or servant of the 1[State] Government shall be liable in respect of any such act in any civil or criminal proceeding if the act was done in good faith in the course of the execution of duties or the discharge of functions imposed by or under this Act.
29. No suit shall be instituted against the 2[Government] and no suit, prosecution or other proceeding shall be instituted against any officer or servant of the 1[State] Government in respect of any act done or purporting to be done under this Act, unless the suit, prosecution or other proceeding is instituted within six months form the date of the act complained of.
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1. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation Order of
1950.
2. This word was substituted for the word " Crown " by ibid *According to clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (3) of section 3 of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), any reference to a Magistrate of the first class, to a Magistrate of the second class or of the third class and to a Presidency Magistrate, shall be construed as a reference to a Judicial Magistrate of the first class, a Judicial Magistrate of the second class and to a Metropolitan Magistrate respectively.
Jurisdiction of Magistrates.
Bar of claim to compensati on.
Bar of certain proceedings .
Limitation for certain suits and prosecutions .
15 1940: T.N. Act XIX) Rinderpest 841