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Chapter VI
Miscellaneous
PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH
51. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any Authority or any member of the National Council or any officer authorized in this behalf in respect of anything, which is in good-faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provision of this Act or any rules or regulations made there under.
52. No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against a State or the Central Government in respect of any loss or damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good-faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations made there under.
BAR TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS.
53. No court shall entertain any suit, application or other proceeding in respect of any order made under this Act and no such order shall be called in question otherwise than by way of an appeal under this Act.
FURNISHING OF RETURNS ETC
54. Every Clinical Establishment shall, within such time or within such extended time as may be prescribed on this behalf, furnish to the Authority or the Board or the Regulatory Council or the State Government or the Central Government such returns, statistics and other information in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government or Central Government from time to time.
POWER TO ISSUE DIRECTIONS
55. Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, Authority shall have the power to issue such directions including furnishing returns, statistics and other information for the proper functioning of Clinical Establishments and such directions shall be binding.
AUTHORITY ETC. TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS
56. Every Authority, its officers and employees, National Council shall be deemed to, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, be public servants within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian penal Code (45 of 1860).
POWER OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE RULES
57.
POWER TO REMOVE DIFFICULTIES
59. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removal of the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of Parliament.