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Section 16: courts barred from proceedings over commissioners' official acts

No court may entertain or continue civil or criminal proceedings against a serving or former CEC or EC for anything done or said in, or purporting to be in, the discharge of official duty. The clause was added by government amendment in the Rajya Sabha; it was not in the bill as introduced.

• TIER 1 · PRIMARYThe Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 (Act No. 49 of 2023)India Code (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice)2023-12-28archived ↗“no Court shall entertain or continue any civil or criminal proceedings”