Malaysia legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Immunity of officers acting judicially for official acts
⎯(1) No person shall be liable to be sued in any court for any act done or ordered to be done by him in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by this Ordinance, whether or not within the limits of his jurisdiction:
Provided that at the time of such act or order he believed in good faith that he had jurisdiction to do such act or to make such order.
(2)
No officer of any Native Court or other persons bound to exercise or enforce any orders, judgments, decisions or warrants issued or made in the exercise or purported exercise of jurisdiction conferred by this Ordinance shall be liable to be sued in any court for the execution or enforcement of any such orders, judgments, decisions or warrants which he is bound to execute or to enforce, if the person issuing the same had been acting or purporting to act in the exercise of lawful authority.
(3)
For the avoidance of doubts as to the privileges and immunities of Native Courts, parties, representatives, judges, presiding officers, assessors or witnesses in proceedings before such courts, it is hereby declared that such proceedings are judicial proceedings.
Proceedings to be in open court