Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS

Annual report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly

1. (1) The Commission shall prepare in such form and at such time each financial year as may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial year and forward a copy thereof to the State Government.
2. (2) The State Government shall cause the annual report to be laid before the Legislative Assembly.

Chairperson, Members and staff of the Commission to be public servants The Chairperson, Members, officers and other employees of the Commission shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Protection of acts done in good faith.— No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Chairperson, or any member or any officer or employee of the Commission in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made thereunder.

Power to make rules.—

1. (1) The Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out all or any of the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State if it is in session and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

-1 19. Power to remove difficulties:

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: Provided that no order under this section shall be made by the Government after the expiration of two years from the commencement of this Act.
2. (2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each House of the State Legislature.