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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Competition Act, 2002 Section 59

Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith

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Competition Act, 2002 Section 59 is part of Competition Act, 2002 - Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

159. Protection of action taken in good faith .--

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government or Commission or any officer of the Central Government or the Chairperson or any Member or the Director-General, Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors General or 2[the Secretary or officers or other employees of the Commission or the Chairperson, Members, officers and other employees of the Appellate Tribunal] for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder.

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1. Effective from 19.06.2003 by Notification No. SO 715 (E) Dated 19.06.2003.

2. Substituted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007] for the words "the Registrar or officers or other employees of the Commission", w.e.f. 12.10.2007.

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What does Competition Act, 2002 Section 59 provide?

Section Section 59 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith) is reproduced on this page as part of the Competition Act, 2002. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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