45. Jurisdiction of Civil Courts barred in respect of certain matters. -

(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no Civil Court shall entertain any suit or proceeding in so far as it relates to the fixation of standard rent in relation to any accommodation to which this Act applies or to any other matter which the Rent Controlling Authority is empowered by or under this Act to decide, and no injunction in respect of any action taken or to be taken by the Rent Controlling Authority under this Act shall be granted by any Civil Court or other authority.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed as preventing a Civil Court from entertaining any suit or proceeding for the decision of any question of title to any accommodation to which this Act applies or any question as to the person or persons who are entitled to receive the rent of such accommodation.

46. Abetment of contravention punishable as contravention. -

Any person who attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of any order passed or deemed to have been passed under this Act shall be deemed to have contravened that order.

47. Liability of contravention in case of company, firm etc. -

If the person, who contravenes any order made or deemed to have been made under this Act is a company, partnership, firm or other body corporate, every director, partner, manager, secretary or other officer or agent thereof shall, unless he proves that the contravention took place without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent such contravention, be deemed to be guilty of such contravention.

48. Rent Controlling Authority to be public servant. -

[The Collector, the Rent Controlling Authority or the officer authorised by the Collector under sub-section (1) of Section 39] shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860).

49. Protection of action taken in good faith. -

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against [the Collector, or the Rent Controlling Authority or the officer authorised by the Collector under sub-section (1) of Section 39] in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act.

50. Power to make rules. -

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :

(a) the form and manner in which, and the period within which, an application may be made to the Rent Controlling Authority;

(b) the manner in which a Rent Controlling Authority may hold an inquiry under this Act;

(c) the powers of the Civil Court which may be vested in a Rent Controlling Authority;

(d) the manner of service of notices under this Act;

(e) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.

(3) All rules made under this Section shall be laid on the table of the Assembly.

[51. Repeal and savings. -

(1) The Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1955 (XXIII of 1955) is hereby repealed.

[(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, all suits and other proceedings under the said Act, pending at the commencement of this Act, before any Court or other authority shall be continued and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said Act as if the said Act had continued in force and this Act had not been passed and the provisions for appeal under the said Act shall continue in force in respect of suit and proceedings disposed of thereunder subject, however, to the condition that no Court fee shall be deducted by the Court as required by sub-section (3) of Section 5 of the said Act].