INDEMNITY ACT - 1973 (NRCD 227)

• Section - 1 - Indemnity For Acts In Connection With The Change Of Government.

  • No Court shall entertain any action whatsoever or take any decision or make any order or grant any remedy or relief whatsoever, in any proceeding instituted against-
    
    (a) the Republic; or
    
    (b) the National Redemption Council or the Executive Council; or
    
    (c) any person acting under the authority of either such Council on or after the commencement of this Decree; or
    
    (d) any member of the Armed Forces or the Police Service; or
    
    (e) any person acting under the authority of the Commander-in-Chief or the Inspector-General of Police or in the course of his military or police duties on or after the commencement of this Decree; or
    
    (f) any person or persons acting in concert or individually to assist or bring about the change in government which took place on the 13th day of January, 1972,
    
    in respect of any act or omission in connection with or consequent upon-
    
    (i) the overthrow of the government in power before the establishment of the National Redemption Council, or
    
    (ii) the suspension of the Constitution which was in force immediately before the establishment of the said Council; or
    
    (iii) the establishment of the National Redemption Council or the Executive Council; or
    
    (iv) the arrest, detention, or disposal of the property of Ministers, Ministerial Secretaries and party activists of the government in power before the establishment of the National Redemption Council.

• Section - 2 - Indemity For Acts Done Under Decree Etc.

  • No Court shall entertain any action in any civil proceedings against the Republic, the National Redemption Council, the Executive Council, any member of the Armed Forces or of the Police Service, or any other person, in respect of any act or omission done or purported to be done in good faith in pursuance of any Decree of the National Redemption Council or any other enactment.
    

• Section - 2 - (A) Indemnity For Acts Done Between 13th January, 1972 And 13th January, 1973.

  • Notwithstanding any other provision of this Decree, no action or proceeding shall be brought or proceeded with against the Republic, the National Redemption Council, the Executive Council, any member of the Armed Forces or of the Police Force in respect of any act or omission which is alleged to have been done or purported to have been done by any member or the Armed Forces or of the Police Force during the period commencing on the 13th of January, 1972 and ending with the 13th of January, 1973.[As inserted by Indemnity (Amendment) Decree, 1975 (NRCD 335)]
    

• Section - 3 - Repeal.

  • The National Redemption Council (Indemnity) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 13) is hereby repealed.
    

• Section - 4 - Commencement.

  • This Decree shall be deemed to have come into force on the 13th day of January, 1972.