Amendment of Section 42

In the principal Act, for section 42, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "42, Protection of Action taken under this Act and Public Servant (1) No suit or prosecution shall be entertained in any court against the Department or against any officer or employee of the Department or against any person acting under the order or direction of the Competent Authority or any officer or employee of the Department for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rule or regulation, made thereunder. (2) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any officer or employee of the Department for any act done or purporting to be done under this Act or any rule or regulation made there under without the previous sanction of the Government. (3) All members, officers and employees of the Department shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulations made thereunder, to be public servants within the meaning of Law for the time being in force."