Section XI. KO action or other proceeding shall be commenced or lirosecuted . proceeding tolieagainst No action

Section XI XI. XI. KO action or other proceeding shall be commenced or lirosecuted . proceeding tolieagainst No action or other[against the East India Company, or against Govern- ] ment, or against the Officer ordering the impressment, or Government, or against the Officer ordering the against any person acting in his aid or under his orders, lmpressnlent, for any thing done in pursuance for any thing done in pursuance of this Act ; nor shall of this Act. any person ~vbo shall be impressed, or whose property shall be impressed, under the provisions of this Act, or any other person, be liable to any action or proceeding for the nonI;mpressea, , Or against persoFsll,,d for br$aa@ 8 ,p~rforD.&h& rt &,, 6f &,fi{$#t@wl i ch. h&%"Gdl gdvv &iteiga &' contract. gto, and ~ ~ h i c h he shall be prevented from completing :4[ by reason ok such IrnpresAent or of any tli& done under tlie authority of this Act. `III.` Every person impressed, or whose property shall be impressed, pail nlarket-v&lue of[under this Act, shall be paid the full market-value of ] labor or hire to be paid " in respect of the person[Xis labor, or of the hire df his property, as the case ][rnai ] Or p r i ~ e r t y inlprissed. be, according to such rules as shall from time to time - be made by the Executive Government for securing the just and punctual payment thereof; the amount ill case or dispute shall be settled by a Magistrate. L 3 IV. If any person with whom any contract1 shall li~ire been entered iiito before the gassing of this Act, for the personal labor Compensatiou to be lllade for d a m a s 611sQr services of any person imp~essed under this or for tained by breach of conkact occasioned by the hire of any boat, cart, bullock, or other animal which impressment. may be' so impressed, shall sustain damage by reasbn of any breach of kuch 'contract occasioned Ly any such impressment, or of any thing done under the authority of this Act, he'shall be entitled to full compensation for sukh damage; to be paid by the ~overnment. 1 3 ,: - " 1. BIII. If any person Impressed under this Act shall abscond or conPenalty for abscopd-[ceal himself, or endeavor to abscond or conceal himself ][; ] in after irnpres-ment, or shall without reasonable cause deserti the work upon ,&sing `to` ,oh, kcs which he shall be employe$ by Government before the same shall have been col~pleted ; or shall refuse or wilfully neglect to bestow his labor upon such work to the best of his ability : or if any persona shall be guilty of any device for the purpose of preventing the impressment of any boat, Cart, bullock, or other animal-he shall be liable, upon conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceeding fifty Rupees, and, in -case of non-payment of the fine, may be ordered by the Magistrate to suffer * corporal punishment not exceeding fifteen stripes with a ratan. Every such conviction shall be final. ZX. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed t o authoAct not to authorize the corporal punishment rke the infliction of corporal p of Europeans or females. ' European or upon any female. ' X. No aetidn dl.' .otlier proceeding shall 'de brought ' or p - I ' occasioned by such impressment, shall be entitled to the same payment or compensation, to be settled or ascertained iq f, ' $he " same manqqr5 ": * 9s it thia A had be6diin fbic#ht thd ti&ebf such impressment.