No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any public servant for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rules made thereunder.

Penalties 12. Whosoever contravenes any provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder or fails to remove the inadequacies pointed out in the notice issued under section 5 in the given time, without prejudice to any other action taken against him under the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term, which may extend to six months, or with fine, which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both, and where the offence is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to three thousand rupees for every day.