Notice of action or prosecution

(1) Subject to the Civil Procedure Rules and other practice directions or rules of court in force at the time, no action shall be commenced or prosecution instituted against any police officer in respect of anything done or purported to have been done by him under the provisions of this Act, unless notice in writing of the action or prosecution, and particulars thereof have been given to the police officer, the officer in charge of the Department in the place where the act complained of was committed and the Attorney General, at least one month before the commencement of the action or the institution of (2) Sub-section (1) above shall not apply to any prosecution instituted against any member of the Police Department by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Commissioner of Police.