Power of Government to make special rules.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, the Government, may after previous publication, make special rules for the licensing of rickshaws and rickshaw pullers. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may-(a) prescribe the period for which the rickshaws, hand-pulled and cycle-driven, are to be permitted to ply; (b) prescribe the size and design of rickshaw and the conditions for grant of licence; (c) prescribe the period after which the licence has to be renewed; (d) prescribe the standard of physical fitness, with special reference to age, required for rickshaw pullers and drivers; (e) prescribe the rates of fees to be paid by rickshaw puller and drivers for medical certificates; (f) prescribe the penalties for the violation of any of the rule by the owner of the rickshaw or by the puller or driver of the rickshaw.