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Public Security (Amendment) Act (No. 8 of 1959) - Sect 4

Replacement of section 9 of the principal enactment

4. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor: -
9. No prosecution or other criminal proceeding against any person for any act purporting to be done under any provision of any emergency regulation or of any order or direction made or given thereunder shall be instituted in any court except by, or with the written sanction of, the Attorney-General ; and no suit, prosecution or other proceeding, civil or criminal, shall lie against any person for any act in good faith done in pursuance or supposed pursuance of any such provision.".


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