Section 74: Indemnity for acts done in good faith.

No suit shall lie against any public servant for anything done by him in good faith under this Act.

STATE AMENDMENT Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (UTs).— Section 74.-For section 74, substitute the following section, namely:- 74. Indemnity for acts done in good faith.—(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any public servant for anything done in good faith or omitted to be done likewise, under this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder.

(2) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence alleged to have been committed by a forest officer while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his official duty except with the previous sanction of the Government of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. [Vide the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020).]