Power to make rules

(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for— (i) the authority to whom and the form in which an application for assistance may be made; (ii) the manner and the criteria for determining whether a person is a destitute or poor person; (iii) the nature and amount of assistance to be provided and the procedure for disbursement thereof. In sub-section (2) of Section 9 of the Principal Act :- (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- "(a-1) the manner in which the State Destitute Fund shall be utilised in any district under sub-section (2-A) of Section 4;" (ii) for clause (c-1) of Section 9 of the Principal Act, the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- "(c-1) terms and conditions subject to which relief may be provided under Section 3."