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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 140

PROTECTION FOR ACTS OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE

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Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 140 is part of Border Security Force Act, 1968 - PROTECTION FOR ACTS OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) In any suit or proceeding against any member of the Force for any act done by him in pursuance of a warrant or order of a competent authority, it shall be lawful for him to plead that such act was done by him under the authority of such warrant or order.

(2) Any such plea may be proved by the production of the warrant or order directing the act, and if it is so proved the member of the Force shall thereupon be discharged from liability in respect of the act so done by him, notwithstanding any defect in the jurisdiction of the authority which issued such warrant or order.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any legal proceeding (whether civil or criminal) which may lawfully be brought against any member of the Force for anything done or intended to be done under the powers conferred by, or in pursuance of, any provision of this Art or the Rules, shall be commenced within three months after the act complained of was committed and not otherwise, and notice in writing of such proceeding and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant or his superior officer at least one month before the commencement of such proceeding.

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What does Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 140 provide?

Section Section 140 of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (PROTECTION FOR ACTS OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE) is reproduced on this page as part of the Border Security Force Act, 1968. 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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