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society or any of its members. Section 5 of the Act further provides that the

Court must consider whether the respondent was acting heroically by

intervening in an emergency to assist an individual in danger. In Ireland,

section 51D of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 provides

that a good Samaritan will not be liable in negligence for any act done in

emergency to help person in serious and imminent danger. In Australia,

protection to good Samaritan is provided in several states. In New South

Wales and Victoria, for instance, a good Samaritan is protected from personal

civil liability with respect to anything done in state of emergency or accident

by virtue of Civil Liability Act 2002 and Wrongs Act 1958 respectively. In

Canada, various states like Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia offer

protection to good Samaritans. In Ontario, the Good Samaritan Act 2001, by

Section 2 (1), provides that except for gross negligence, a person is not liable

for damages resulting from his acts during aid in emergency. Similar protection

is provided in states of Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia by

Emergency Medical Aid Act, Good Samaritan Act and Volunteer Services Act

respectively. Similar protection to good Samaritans is to be found in different

states’ laws in the USA. States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,

California and New York, to name a few, provide that if a person lends

emergency assistance or service to another person in good faith, he is not

liable in civil damages with respect to his act or omission.

5. Accident cases require fastest care and rescue which could be provided

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