s 25 Protection of person enforcing Act
25.—(1) Where a person has —(a) made a request for the reception of any patient, or signed or carried out or done any act with a view to signing or carrying out any report, application, recommendation, or certificate purporting to be a report, application, recommendation or certificate under this Act; or (b) done anything under this Act, the person shall not be liable to any civil or criminal proceedings, whether on the ground of want of jurisdiction or on any other ground, unless the person has acted in bad faith or without reasonable care. (2) No proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be brought against any person in any court in respect of any such matter as is mentioned in subsection (1) without the permission of the court, and permission shall not be given unless the court is satisfied that there is substantial ground for the contention that the person, against whom it is sought to bring the proceedings, has acted in bad faith or without reasonable care.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (3) Notice of any application under subsection (2) must be given to the person against whom it is sought to bring the proceedings, and the person is entitled to be heard against the application.