The Disaster Management Act
74Immunity from legal process
Officers and employees of the Central Government, National Authority, National Executive Committee, State Government, State Authority, State Executive Committee or District Authority shall be immune from legal process in regard to any warning in respect of any impending disaster communicated or disseminated by them in their official capacity or any action taken or direction issued by them in pursuance of such communication or dissemination.
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MISCELLANEOUS
- 61 Prohibition against discrimination
- 62 Power to issue direction by Central Government
- 63 Powers to be made available for rescue operations
- 64 Making or amending rules, etc., in certain circumstances
- 65 Power of requisition of resources, provisions, vehicles, etc., for rescue operations, etc
- 66 Payment of compensation
- 67 Direction to media for communication of warnings, etc
- 68 Authentication of orders of decisions
- 69 Delegation of powers
- 70 Annual report
- 71 Bar of jurisdiction of court
- 72 Act to have overriding effect
- 73 Action taken in good faith
- 74 Immunity from legal process
- 75 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 76 Power to make regulations
- 77 Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
- 78 Power of State Government to make rules
- 79 Power to remove difficulties