Chapter VIIIState · Maharashtra

Section 160 of THE BOMBAY POLICE ACT, 1951

No public servant liable as aforesaid for giving effect in good faith to any rule, order or direction

issued with apparent authority. No public servant or person duly appointed or authorised shall be

liable to any penalty or to payment of any damages for giving effect in good faith to any such order or direction issued with apparent authority by the State Government or by a person empowered in that behalf under this Act or any rule, order or direction made or given thereunder.

Section 157-A was inserted by Bom Act 57 of 1954, Sec. 5. These words were substituted for the words “No Magistrate” by Bom 8 of 1958, Sec. 3, Schedule.

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