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COMPETITION
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Protection from personal liability

90. No action, suit or other legal proceedings shall lie personally against—

(a) the Commission;
(b) any member, officer, employee or an agent of the Commission;
(c) any member of the Board or any person authorised, appointed or employed to assist the Board;
(d) any person who is on secondment or attachment to the Commission;
(e) any person authorised, appointed, employed or directed by the Commission to exercise the Commission’s powers, perform the Commission’s functions or discharge the Commission’s duties or to assist the Commission in the exercise of its powers, the performance of its functions or the discharge of its duties under this Act or any other written law; or
(f) any inspector or any person authorised, appointed or employed to assist him in connection with any function or duty of the inspector under this Act,

for anything done (including any statement made) or omitted to be done in good faith in the course of or in connection with—

(i) the exercise or purported exercise of any power under this Act or any other written law;
(ii) the performance or purported performance of any function or the discharge or purported discharge of any duty under this Act or any other written law; or
(iii) the compliance or purported compliance with this Act or any other written law.

Public servants

91. All members, officers and employees of the Commission, all inspectors and all members of the Board shall be deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).