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(1) No suit shall be instituted in any court having jurisdiction against any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Municipality or any person acting under the direction of any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Municipality in respect of any act done or purporting to be done under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder until after the expiration of one month next after a noti:e in writing has been delivered or left at the office of such authority or at the office or the residence of such officer or other employee or person, stating— (a) the cause of action, (b) the name and residence of the intending plaintiff, and (c) the relief which such plaintiff claims. • (2) Every such suit shall be commenced within four months next after tt e accrual of the cause of action, and the plaint therein shall contain a statement that a notice has been delivered or left as required by sub- section (1). (3) If the municipal authority at the office of which, or the officer or the other employee of the Municipality or the person acting under the direction of any municipal authority or any officer or other employee of the Municipality at the office or the residence of whom, a notice has been delivered or left under sub-section (1), satisfies the court having jurisdiction that the relief claimed was tendered to the plaintiff before the institution of the suit, the suit shall be dismissed. Notice, limitation and tender of relief in suits against Board of Councillors etc. 377 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. [West Ben. Act (Part X.—Powers, Procedures, Penalties and Savings.—Chapter XXVL— Procedure.—L Legal proceedings.—Section 408.— J. Power and duties of Police-officers.—Section 409.) (4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to any suit instituted under section 38 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. 47 of 1963. Indemnity.