(1) If any default is committed in complying with any direction under section 4 or with the provisions of section 3 or section 5 every person who at the time the default was committed was manager or any other person vested with authority to manage and conduct the affairs of the institution shall, unless he proves that the default was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the default, be punishable, in the case of a default in complying with the provisions of' section 3 with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees and in the case of any other default, with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.
(2) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this section except with the previous sanction of the Regional Deputy Director, Education.
(3) Every offence under this section shall be cognizable, but no police officer below the rank of Do Deputy Superintendent shall Investigate any such offence without the order of a Magistrate of the first class or make arrest therefor without a warrant.
(4) No court below the rank of a Magistrate of the first class shall take cognizance of an offence under this section.
Savings 12. No order made or direction given by the State Government the Director, the Regional Deputy Director, Education, or the Inspector or other officer in exercise of any power conferred by or under this. Act shall be called in question in any court.
Exemption in relation to institutions maintained by local authorities etc.
13. Nothing in this Act shall apply to institutions maintained [***] 1 by a railway administration or any other industrial under taking owned or controlled by the Government of India or the State Government.
118 [The Uttar Pradesh High Schools and Intermediate Colleges [Section 14-17] (Payment of Salaries of Teachers and Other Employees) Act, 1971] Protection of acts in good faith
14. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall be against the State Government, the Director, the Regional Deputy Director, Education, the Inspector, the Authorized Controller or any other person-In respect of anything which in good faith is done as intended to be done In pursuance of this Act or any rule, order or direction made or given thereunder.
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