Office for Reparations Act 2018 · As enacted · Part V · General
21. Protection from Action
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
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Except as provided in section 25 of this Act, no criminal proceedings shall be instituted or maintained against any member, officer or servant appointed to the Office for
Reparations in respect of any act done in good faith or purported to be done or committed to be done in good faith by such person under this Act.
Any order, decision, act or omission of the Office for
Reparations or any member, officer or servant appointed to the Office for Reparations thereof may be questioned in proceedings under Article 126 or 140 of the Constitution.
Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no civil proceedings shall be instituted or maintained against any member, officer or servant appointed to the Office for
Reparations in respect of any act done in good faith or purported to be done or omitted to be done in good faith by such person under this Act.
Any expenses incurred by such member, officer or servant appointed to Office for Reparations as referred to in subsections (1), (2) or (3) in any civil or criminal proceeding instituted against such person in any court in respect of any act done or purported to be done or omitted to be done by him under this Act, shall, if the court holds that such act was done or omitted to be done in good faith, be paid out of the fund, unless such expense is recovered by such person in such proceedings.