1Non-liability to suit of officers acting judicially, for official acts done in good faith, and of officers executing warrants and orders

No Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable to be sued in any Civil Court for any act done or ordered to be done by him in the discharge of his judicial duty, whether or not within the limits of his jurisdiction: Provided that he at the time, in good faith, believed himself to have jurisdiction to do or order the act complained of; and no officer of any Court or other person, bound to execute the lawful warrants or orders of any such Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Collector or other person acting judicially shall be liable to be sued in any Civil Court, for the execution of any warrant or order, which he would be bound to execute, if within the jurisdiction of the person issuing the same.¹

STATE AMENDMENT

Karnataka

Amendment of Central Act XVIII of 1850.--Section 1 of the Judicial Officer’s Protection Act, 1850 (Central Act XVIII of 1850) shall be renumbered as section 1A and before the section 1 A as so renumbered, the following section shall be inserted, namely: --

"1. Short title and extent.--(1) This Act may be called the Judicial Officer’s Protection Act, 1850.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka”.

[Vide Karnataka Act 33 of 1978, s.3].