Power to make rules.

1. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2. (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) the form of the register under sub-section (1) of section 4;
   • (b) the manner in which and the intervals within which registers to be published under sub-

section (2) of section 4;

1. (c) the form of the application for registration, the further particulars to be included therein and the manner of payment of registration fee under sub-section (2) of section 5.
2. (d) the form of cashbook, ledger and other books and the manner in which they shall be maintained under section 6.
3. (e) the form of the statement of account sand pass book to be furnished or delivered under sub- section (2) of section 6.
4. (f) the procedure to be followed by the officers while compounding offences under this Act;
5. (g) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed under this Act or any matter for

which there is no provision or insufficient provision in this Act and for which provision is, in the opinion of the Government, necessary for giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

1. (2) Every rule made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the

so laid or the session immediately following, House agree in making any modification in the rule or House agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, 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 the rule.