Power of Central Government to make rules

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the following purposes: (a) such particulars as are to be registered as may be given in the declaration made under section 5 and the form in which, and the manner in which, the names of the printer, publisher, owner, and editor of the newspapers and the place of their printing and publication shall be printed on each copy of such newspapers; (b) [Omitted]; (c) such manner as copies of any newspaper are to be sent to the Press Registrar under section 11B; (d) such manner as registration is to be made under section 19D and what such particulars shall be; (e) such particulars as are to be registered, which are to be given in the annual return sent by the publisher of any newspaper to the Press Registrar; (f) such form and manner as the annual return under clause (a) of section 19D or the return under section 19E, statistics, or other information are to be sent to the Press Registrar; (g) such fees for giving copies of extracts from the register and such manner as such copies are given; (h) such manner as the certificate of registration in respect of any newspaper is to be issued; (i) such form is to be registered and such time is to be registered, within which the annual report is to be prepared and sent to the Central Government by the Press Registrar. (2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses 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 that rule.