Immunity of police and other authorised persons
97 Immunity of police and other authorised persons
No police officer acting under the orders or instructions of any other police officer who is his or her superior in rank, and no other person acting under the lawful instructions of any police officer, will be deemed to be an accomplice in the commission of any offence against this Act, nor will the officer giving such order or instructions, nor the officer or other person who acts in accordance with or attempts to act in accordance with the order or instructions, be liable to conviction or punishment for any act or matter done or committed by either of them in relation to or under such order or instructions, although, but for this section, such officers or other person or any of them might have been deemed to be such accomplices or accomplice or have been liable to such conviction or punishment.
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