Chapter IV MISCELLANEOUS

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Authority or any member of the Authority for anything which is done or intended to be done in good faith in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder.

No civil court shall have jurisdiction to settle, decide or deal with any question or to determine any matter which is by or under this Act required to be settled, decided or dealt with or to be determined by the Government or Authority or any officer authorised by the Government or Authority.

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order, do anything not inconsistent with this Act or the rules made thereunder, which appears to them necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty: Provided that no order shall be issued under this section after two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
2. (2) Every order issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly.

All members and employees of the Authority shall, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860).

The Authority may, with the previous approval of the Government, make regulations in respect of the matters provided in sub-section (1) of section 10, and particularly of the procedure to be followed by the Authority and the Executive Committee, as the case may be, for the meetings and disposal of the matters coming up before the Authority or the Executive Committee.

1. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rules to carry out all or any of the purposes of this Act. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
   • (i) the powers and functions of the Member-Secretary;
   • (ii) the condition of service of nominated members of the Authority; (iii)the powers and duties of the Project Director; (iv)the appointment of the employees of the Authority and their conditions of service; (v)the form of annual report; (vi)the manner in which accounts of the Authority is to be audited; and (vii)any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed.
2. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly, while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall, thereafter, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any other laws for the time being in force.

1. (1) The Pampa River Basin Authority Ordinance, 2009 (19 of 2009), is hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deemed to have been taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.