Except as may otherwise be provided by statute or local ordinance, no officer, agent or employee of the town charged with the enforcement of the minimum housing ordinance shall be personally liable for any damage that may accrue to property or persons as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his or her duties under this chapter. No person who institutes, or assists in the prosecution of, a criminal proceeding under this chapter shall be liable to damages hereunder unless he or she acted with malice and without reasonable grounds for believing that the person accused or prosecuted was guilty of an unlawful act or omission.
(Prior Code, § 17-9)