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(2) Where any officer in the public service is temporarily appointed to the staff of the
Commission, the provisions of subsection (2) of section 14 of the National Transport
Commission Act, No.37 of 1991 shall, mutatis mutandis apply to and in relation to, such
officer.
(3) Where any officer in the public service is permanently appointed to the staff of the
Commission, the provision of subsection (3) of section 14 of the National Transport
Commission Act. No.37 of 1981 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to, and in relation to, such
officer.
(4) Where the Commission employs a person who has agreed to serve to the Government
for a specified period, any period of service to the Commission, shall be regarded as
service to the Government for the purpose of discharging the obligations of that person
under such agreement.
Protection
of action
26. (1) No proceedings civil or criminal, shall be instituted against any member of the
Commission or any officer or servant appointed to assist the Commission, other than for
contempt, or against any other person assisting the Commission in any other way, for act
which to good faith is done or omitted to be done, by him, as such member or officer or
servant or other person.
(2) A member of the Commission or an officer or servant appointed to assist the
Commission shall not be required to produce in any court, any document received by, or
to disclose to any court, any matter or thing coming to the notice of, the Commission in
the course of any inquiry or investigation conducted by the Commission under this Act,
expect as may be necessary for the purpose of proceedings for contempt or for and
offence under this Act.
(3) No proceedings civil or criminal, shall be instituted in any court against any member
of the Commission in respect of any report made by the Commission under this Act or
against any other person in respect of the publication by such person of a substantially
true accounts of such report.
(4) Any expenses incurred by the Commission in any suit or prosecution brought by, or
against, the Commission before any court, shall be paid out of the funds of the
Commission and any costs paid to, or recovered by, the Commission in any such suit or
prosecution, shall be credited to the fund of the Commission.
(5) Any expense incurred by any member of the Commission or any officer or servant
thereof or any person appointed to assist the Commission, in any suit or prosecution
brought against him in any court in respect of any act which is done, or purported to be
done, by him under this Act or on the direction of the Commission shall, if the court
holds that the act was done in good faith, be paid out of the founds of the Commission,
unless such expense is recovered by him in such suit or prosecution.