1[16(1)].Power of the State Government to make rules.--
The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules generally for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and in particular--
(a) for the guidance of all or any of the officers discharging any duty under this Act ; and
(b) for the management of, and the maintenance of discipline in, a leper asylum.
2[(2) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature." ]
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1. Substituted by The Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 2004
2. Inserted by The Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 2004