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(c)
become entitled, apart from the provisions of these regulations, to recover any sum by way of damages or. indemnity in respect of that loss or damage or is, at the time of the occurrence of the loss or damage, required under any contract with the Crown to be insured in respect thereof.
Reg. 17.
The provisions of these regulations shall be without prejudice to any agreement for the making of any payment (whether by way of compensation or otherwise) in respect of the doing of anything on behalf of the Governor in the exercise of emergency powers; but, where compensation in respect of the doing of anything as aforesaid would, apart from this regulation, be payable both under these regu- lations and under some other enactment or rule of law, then, subject to any such agreement as afore- said, the compensation shall be payable in accord- ance with these regulations and not otherwise.
An Ordinance to restrict the taking of legal proceedings in respect of certain acts done and payments made during the war period and to validate certain proclamations, rules, regulations, orders and other legislative acts issued, made and passed, and sentences, judgments and orders of certain courts and officers given and made during the war period. (1st May, 1946).
Section 3 (1).
No legal proceedings whatsoever shall lie or be instituted or maintained in any court for or on account of or in respect of
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(a) any act or thing done during the war period
whether within or without the Colony, if done in good faith and done in the execution of his duty or for the purpose of prosecuting the war or maintaining or restoring order or enforcing discipline or ensuring public safety or main- taining supplies and services essential to the community or for the defence of the Colony or otherwise in the public interest by a person holding office, or employed or acting in any capacity in any part of the Colony, in the service of the British Military Administ- ration or otherwise in the service of the Crown or in the public service, or employed by, or acting on behalf of any statutory or public body incorporated in the Colony or by any other person acting under the authority of a person so holding office, so employed or so acting; or
(b) any act or thing done, during the war period,
whether within or without the Colony if done in good faith, for the good order and welfare of, or for the purpose of enforcing discipline among, civilian internees in any civilian internment camp, by any British or allied member of a camp comm-- ittee or camp disciplinary tribunal or camp police force or by any other civilian internee authorised to exercise disciplinary or executive functions in any such camp;
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Compensation payable apart from these regulations.
Bar to legal proceedings against persons acting in good faith and to legal proceedings in respect of certain payments.