Power of the State Government to make rules and orders

The State Government may make rules or orders generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act or any other Act that assigns functions or responsibilities to the City Corporation or the Greater Bengaluru Authority and prescribe forms for any proceeding for which it considers necessary.

1. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the State Government shall make rules, with previous publication for,-
   • (a) prescribing the manner of determination of wards and their territorial jurisdiction.
   • (b) prescribing the manner of allotment of seats reserved for members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, the Backward Classes or for women and for rotation of reservation.
   • (c) all matters relating to the preparation, revision, modification, updating and publication of electoral rolls;
   • (d) prescribing particulars which shall contain in the notice given for withdrawal of candidature from election on more than one seat;
   • (e) prescribing the manner in which votes shall be given in an election and the manner in which votes shall he given and recorded by the voting machines;
   • (f) all matters relating to presentation of an election petition, procedure to be followed and powers to be exercised by the District Judge in disposing the election petition;
   • (g) prescribing the terms and conditions on which and the charges or premium subject to the payment of which, the land deemed to have been placed at the disposal of the City Corporation either granted or regularized to the City Corporation under any law for the time being in force;
   • (h) regulating the sale or disposal of immovable property and land;
     • (i) prescribing the manner of preparing and maintaining records of urban land situated in the municipal limits;
   • (j) prescribing the form of warrant for attachment and sale of property of the defaulter and for prescribing the manner in which the attached property may be sold;
   • (k) prescribing the manner in which repaying capacity of a City Corporation shall be ascertained for the purpose of granting loan or giving grantee for a loan raised by the City Corporation; and
   • (l) prescribing rates of the conversion charges for change of use of land and the manner in which objections shall be invited and heard with respects to change of use of land.
2. (3) If, in respect of any of the matters specified in this chapter, the Corporation has failed to make any bye-laws or if the bye-laws made by it are not, in its opinion adequate, the Government may make rules providing for such matters to such extent as it may think fit. The rules made under this sub- section, may add to, alter, or cancel any byelaw made by the Corporation: Provided that before making any rule under this sub-section, the Government shall give the Corporation an opportunity of showing cause against the making thereof.
3. (4) All rules and orders made by the State Government under this section shall come into effect on or from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
4. (5) All rules made after the commencement of this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after they are so made before the House of the State Legislature, while it is in session, for a period not less than fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and, if before the expiry of the session in which they are so laid or of the session immediately following, the House of the State Legislature makes any modification in any of such rules or resolves that any such rule should not be made, such rules 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 there under.