Provided that no person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.

Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may, after previous publication, by notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

1. (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 term of office and manner of filling vacancies and other conditions of service of the non official members of the Authority;
   • (b) the powers and duties and the terms and conditions of service of the employees of the Authority;
   • (c) the manner of publication of notification under sub-section (3) of section 10;
   • (d) the form of application under section 11;
   • (e) the form of the permit under section 11;
   • (f) the form of application under sub-section (1) of section 12;
   • (g) the form of certificate of registration under sub-section (6) of section 12;
   • (h) the form of certificate of registration and fees application under sub-section (1) of section 13;
     • (i) the form of certificate of registration and fees under sub-section (3) of section 13;
   • (j) the manner in which the specimens of soils or other material shall be kept and preserved under section 17 (1) (c);
   • (k) the form in which, and the interval at which the information or return under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 17 shall be furnished and the particulars which such information or return shall contain;
   • (l) specifying the appellate authority under sub-section (1) of section 41 and the fees to accompany the application for appeal;
   • (m) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed. 1[(n) Maintaining registers and proformas under sections 11A and 26;
   • (o) Duties of drilling agency, implementing agency and maintaining registers under section21A;
   • (p) Size and fixing sign boards at the bore-well or tube well site under section 21B;
   • (q) Fencing the bore-wells or tube wells to avoid entry of unconnected persons and children under section 21C; and
   • (r) Issuing notifications to designate an officer for each local authority or urban local bodies or boards to inspect and supervise the defunct bore-well or tube well.]
2. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature 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 in which it is so laid or the sessions immediately following both Houses agree in making any rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule thereafter shall 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 Inserted by Act 10 of 2025 w.e.f. 10.01.2025