Section 41

No legal proceedings whatsoever shall lie or be instituted or maintained in any court of law for or on account of or in respect of any act, decision or thing done or taken by the Government, or any Minister, officer or committee thereof, and arising from, relating to or connected with residential property, during the period from 11 September 1973 to 1 October 1976 if done or taken in good faith in the execution of duty.

No legal proceedings in respect of any such act, decision or thing, arising from, relating to or connected with residential property, which is alleged to have been done or taken in bad faith in the execution of duty during the period from 11 September 1973 to 1 October 1976 may be instituted or maintained in any court of law unless a certificate of the Attorney‑General is first obtained sanctioning the institution of such legal proceedings.

All directions whether of a procedural nature or otherwise, arising from, relating to or connected with residential property, made during the period from 11 September 1973 to 1 October 1976 by or in the name of the Government or any Minister, officer or committee thereof, are deemed to be, and always to have been, validly made, notwithstanding that such directions have been revoked or amended or are or have been inconsistent with, or in conflict with, or contrary to any written law or law previously in force.

Except as provided in section 5(2), any approval granted or refusal to grant approval for the purchase of residential property by the Government, or any Minister, officer or committee thereof, during the period from 11 September 1973 to 1 October 1976 is deemed to have been made under this Act.