Section Text
RULES
(1) The Central Government1 [may,by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules] consistentwith this Act to carry into effect the purposes thereof.
(2)In Particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power,such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:---
2 [(a)the powers and duties of the Director-General of Lighthouses and Lightships andDirectors and Deputy Directors- General of Lighthouses and Lightships]
(b)the procedure and conduct of business of Advisory Committees constituted underthis Act ;
3 [(bb) the manner in which the lightmay be removed and the height of the building, structure or tree may be reducedunder sub-section (5) of section 8A,]
(c)the rate of travelling and subsistence allowance payable to members of AdvisoryCommittees; 4 [***]
5 [(cc) the rates of fees forproviding assistance to ships for calibrating their Wireless Direction Findersand for rendering other services to vessels;]
(d)the period in respect of which and the form in which the separate accountreferred to in sub-section (1) ofsection 20 shall be kept and the forms in which that account and the statementreferred to in sub-section (2) ofthat section shall respectively be presented to the Central Advisory Committee.
5 [(3) Every rule made by the CentralGovernment under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period ofthirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successivesessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following thesession or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making anymodification in the rule, or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made,the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of noeffect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulmentshall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done underthat rule.]
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1.Substituted for "may make rules" by the IndianLighthouse (Amendment) Act, 1976, w.e.f. 20-03-1976.
2.Substituted for "(a)the powers and duties of the Chief Inspector of Lighthouses and ofSuperintendents and Inspectors of Lighthouses" by the Lighthouse (Amendment)Act, 1985, w.e.f. 01-02-1986.
3.Inserted by theLighthouse (Amendment) Act, 1985, w.e.f. 01-02-1986.
4."and" omitted by the Indian Lighthouse(Amendment) Act, 1976, w.e.f. 20-03-1976.
5.Inserted by the IndianLighthouse (Amendment) Act, 1976, w.e.f. 20-03-1976.