(1)No suit shall be instituted against 1[2[the Corporation ]] or against
any municipal authority or against any municipal officer or other municipal employee or against any person
acting under the order or direction of any municipal authority or any municipal officer or other municipal
employee, in respect of any act done, or purporting to have been done, in pursuance of this Act or any rule,
regulation or bye -law made thereunder u ntil the expiration of two months after notice in writing has been
left at the municipal office and, in the case of such officer, employee or person, unless notice in writing has
also been delivered to him or left at his office or place of residence, and u nless such notice states explicitly
the cause of action, the nature of the relief sought, the amount of compensation claimed, and the name and
place of residence of the intending plaintiff, and unless the plaint contains a statement that such notice has
been so left or delivered.
(2)No suit, such as is described in sub -section ( 1), shall , unless it is a suit for the recovery of immovable
property or for a declaration of title thereto, be instituted after the expiry of six months from the date on
which the cause of action arises.
(3)Nothing in sub -section ( 1) shall be deemed to apply to a suit in which the only relief claimed is an
injunction of which the object would be defeated by the giving of the notice or the postponement of the
institution of the suit .