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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 40

Protection of Action Taken Under the Act

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Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 40 is part of Central Excise Act, 1944 - Protection of Action Taken Under the Act. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[40. Protection of action taken under the Act

(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any officer of the Central Government or a State Government for anything which is done, or intended to be done, in good faith, in pursuance of this Act or any rule made thereunder.

(2) No proceeding, other than a suit, shall be commenced against the Central Government or any officer of the Central Government or a State Government for anything done or purported to have been done in pursuance of this Act or any rule made thereunder, without giving the Central Government or such officer a month's previous notice in writing of the intended proceeding and of the cause thereof or after the expiration of three months from the accrual of such cause.

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1. Substituted by Act 22 of 1973, section 5 (w.e.f. 1-9-1973).

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What does Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 40 provide?

Section Section 40 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (Protection of Action Taken Under the Act) is reproduced on this page as part of the Central Excise Act, 1944. 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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