Chapter IV SUPPLEMENTARY

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 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 all or any of the following matters, namely:- (a) the conduct of business by the committee and the procedure to be followed at meetings of the committee; (b) the procedure to be followed for the preparation of the schemes; (c) the procedure to be followed by Inquiry Officer under section 5; (d) the manner of publication under sections 5, 6 and 7; (e) the principles on which the amounts of contribution are to be determined by the committee under sub-section (4) of section 10 or section 11; (f) the form of the statement under section 14 and the particulars to be stated therein; (g) the manner of giving notice under sub-section (1) of section 16; (h) the authority to whom appeal may lie and the time and manner of such appeal under section 17; (i) the form of notice under section 20 and the manner of its service; (j) the manner of inquiry under section 23 and sub-section (1) of section 24; (k) the form and method of maintaining accounts under section 25; (l) the rate of interest and the method of its calculation under sub-section (1) of section 26; (m) the time and manner of appeal under section 27; and (n) any other matter which may be prescribed. (3) Every rule under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of not less than fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is laid or the sessions aforesaid, the Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides 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 that rule.

(1) No suit, prosecution or other proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided by or under this Act, no suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Government for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act.

The Himachal Pradesh Land Development Act, 1954 (12 of 1954), as applicable in the areas comprised in Himachal Pradesh immediately before 1st November, 1966, the Land Improvement Scheme Act, 1963 (23 of 1963), the East Punjab Reclamation of Land Act, 1949 (22 of 1949), the Punjab Reclamation of Land Act, 1959 (21 of 1959) as in force in the areas added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966) are hereby repealed: Provided that anything done, or any action taken or proceedings commenced or continued under the Acts hereby repealed shall be deemed to have been done, taken, commenced or continued under the corresponding provisions of this Act.