Act Number: 51

Act Name: The Emergency Risks (Undertakings) Insurance Act, 1971

Year: 1971

Enactment Date: 1971-12-10

Long Title: An Act to make certain provisions for the insurance of certain property in India against damage arising from emergency risks and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 14: Bar of legal proceedings.
    (1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
     (2) No suit shall be maintainable in any civil court against the Central Government, or a person acting as its agent under section 4, for the refund of any money paid or purporting to have been paid as premium on a policy of insurance taken out or purporting to have been taken out under this Act.
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