No action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings shall be brought, instituted or maintained in any court against any authorized officer on account of or in respect of any act done or omitted to be done for the purpose of carrying into effect this Act unless it can be proven that the act was done or omitted to be done in bad faith and not in a reasonable belief that it was necessary for the purpose intended to be served thereby.
Malay text (authoritative)
Perlindungan terhadap prosiding undang-undang
Tiada tindakan, guaman, pendakwaan atau prosiding lain boleh dibawa, dimulakan atau dikekalkan di dalam mana-mana mahkamah terhadap mana-mana pegawai diberi kuasa atas sebab atau berkenaan dengan apa-apa perbuatan yang dilakukan atau yang ditinggalkan daripada dilakukan olehnya bagi tujuan menguatkuasakan Akta ini melainkan jika dibuktikan bahawa perbuatan itu dilakukan atau ditinggalkan daripada dilakukan dengan niat jahat dan tanpa kepercayaan yang munasabah bahawa perbuatan itu adalah perlu bagi melaksanakan tujuan yang dimaksudkan olehnya.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).