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Protection of action taken under the Act,-No suil, Dtosecution or other lcgal proceeding shalt lie ag.rinst the Covenrmcnl or ;ny officer of the Covornment for anything $'hich is in tood falth donc or intended to be done in pLrrsuance of this Act or any rule made thereunder. r[31A. Special provision with respecl to payment of bonus linked with produ(tion or productivity.-Notwithstanding anythinB contained in this Act,- (i) whc,re an agreemenl or a setflement has been enlcred into by the employees with their employer before the commencement (,f lhe Payment of Bonus (Amendment) AcI, 1976 (23 t>I 1976), or (ii) where the en'rployees cnter into any agreemcnt or scttlement with their cmplover afler such commencement, for payment of an annual bonrrs linked with production or productiviLv in lieu of bonns based on profits payable rrnder this Act, then, such employees shall be eDtitled to receive bonrrs due to thcm r.rnder such agreement or setllement, as the casc nray be: r[Providcd that any such agreement or settlemcnt whereby the emplovees relinquislr their right to receive lhe minimum bonus under section'10 shall be null and void in so lar as it purports to deprive them oI such right:l jJl)rovided frlrther thatl such employees shall nol be entitled to be paid such bonus in excess of twenty per cent. of the salary or wage earned by them d[ring the relevarrt accoLlnting year.l