Chapter IV Miscellaneous

28. Power to make rules.— (1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to the condition of previous publication, makes rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (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: — (a) under section 3, the time, place and manner of holding elections of members, the President and the Vice-President; (b) under section 8, the manner of convening holding and conducting meetings of the Council; (c) under section 10, the other powers, duties and functions of the Council; (d) under section 11, the number of members of the Executive Committee, their term of office, the manner of filling casual vacancies, the procedure to be followed and the other powers, duties and functions of the Committee; (e) under section 12, the fees and allowances to the members; (f) under section 14, the salary, allowances and other conditions of service of the Registrar, the manner of keeping accounts and the supervisory powers and other duties and functions of the Registrar; (g) under section 15, the other conditions of service of the staff of the Council; (h) under section 16, the form of register, the parts into which it shall be divided and the other particulars it shall include, the forms of application and of general and individual notices, the manner of paying fees, the form of certificate of registration; (i) under section 19, the form of application for provisional registration and of certificate for such registration; (j) under section 20, the fee for recording change of name or additional qualification in the register or for issue of duplicate certificate of registration. (k) under section 21, the form of list of registered practitioners, the particulars to be included and the manner of its publication; (l) under section 22, the manner of holding inquiries and the conditions and fee payable for re-entering a name in the register and the remuneration to be paid to an assessor; (m) under section 23, the forms of notices and of application for continuance of names on the register; (n) under section 24, the manner of hearing and determining appeal by the Council; (o) any reasonable fees which may be levied by the Council in addition to those expressly provided for in this Act; (p) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.

29. Control of Government.— (1) If at any time it appears to the Government that the Council or its President or Vice-President has failed to exercise or has exceeded or abused any of the powers conferred upon it or him by or under this Act, or has ceased to function, or has become incapable of functioning, the Government may, if it considers such failure, excess, abuse or incapacity to be of a serious character, notify the particulars thereof to the Council or the President or the Vice-President, as the case may be. If the Council or the President or the Vice-President fails to remedy such failure, excess, abuse or incapacity within such reasonable time as the Government may fix in this behalf, the Government may remove the President, or Vice-President, or dissolve the Council, as the case may be, and in case of dissolution of the Council, cause all or any of the powers, duties and functions of the Council to be exercised, performed and discharged by such persons and for such period not exceeding two years, as it may think fit, and shall take steps to constitute a new Council. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in the rules made thereunder, if at any time it appears to the Government that the Council or any other authority empowered to exercise any of the powers or to perform any of the duties or functions under this Act, has not been validly constituted or appointed, the Government may cause any of such powers, duties or functions to be exercised or performed by such persons in such manner and for such period not exceeding six months and subject to such conditions, as it thinks fit.