Section 52
Indemnity of public officers
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Section 52
A public officer acting in the performance of his duty is not liable for —
(a)
loss or damage caused by the death of or injury to any person while conveyed in an aircraft owned, operated or chartered by the
Government or while entering or mounting or being in such aircraft for the purpose of being conveyed in it or while being in or alighting from it after having been conveyed in it, if that person was so conveyed or to be conveyed otherwise than in the performance of his duty as a public officer; or
(b)
loss of or damage to goods conveyed in such aircraft.