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No suit or other legal proceeding whatsoever, whether c i v i l or Criminal, shall lie in any Court of law ag'inst the 3[Statej Government, any officer of the '[Central or Srnte Crovernment] or any authority or pmon acting under the orders ofthe "State Govern- lnent] or of any such officer, for or in respect of any act, rnstter or thing in good faith ordered or dont or purporting to have been ordered or done under the provisions of the said Act before thc commencement of thi5 Act. on the g r o ~ ~ ~ l d that such act, matter or thing \va5 in excess of the powers confB~.red bv the law :I, then in forcc, if the sailze could lawfully be ordered or done under the iaid Act after the conlnlencemcnt of t h i s Act. * - -- -- 1 These words were substituted for the paragraph containing tile enacting formula and the paragraph preceding that paragraph by swtion 5 of the Tamil Nadu Re-enacting and Repealing (No. I) Act, 1948 (Tamil Nadu Act VIL of 1948). a Thew words wore substituted for the word "Madras9+ by th3 Tanti1 Nadv Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amertdad by t11J TmnilNadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969. 9 This wo d was substituted for the word "Provincial" by tbe Adaptation drder of 1950, .a ,, ,?These,\ysrds wem substituted,fy the words "Crown" by tbid. words were sabstitutd for the words :'sitid Government" 1, , < a 1 1 i I I