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Section 28B

Protection of Inspectors, etc., for putting Act in force

of Weights and Measures Act 1972

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Section 28B

No action or prosecution shall be brought, instituted or maintained in any court against the Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief

Inspector, any Inspector or police officer for or on account of or in respect of any act ordered or done for the purposes of carrying into effect this Act or any regulations made thereunder and no suit or prosecution shall lie in any court against any other person for or on account of or in respect of any act done or purporting to have been done by him under order, direction or instruction of the Chief

Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, any Inspector or police officer given for any such purpose as aforesaid:

Provided that, that order, direction or instruction was given or the act was done in good faith and in a reasonable belief that it was necessary for the purpose intended to be served thereby.