Amendment of section 71 of Act IX of 1932

In section 71 of the principal Act,—

1. (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— "

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 70A, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules prescribing the fees which shall accompany documents sent to the Registrar or which shall be paid in respect of any intimation, notice or application given to the Registrar or which shall be payable for the inspection of documents in the custody of the Registrar or for copies from the Register of Firms or which shall be paid for supply of any prescribed forms.";
   • (b) in sub-section (2),—
     • (i) in clause (a), for the words and figures " under section 58 " the words, brackets and figures " under sub-section
2. (1) of section 58 " shall be substituted;
   • (ii) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :— "
   • (aa) prescribing the manner of filing an appeal under sub-section
3. (4) of section 58;";
   • (c) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted namely :— "
4. (4) Every rule made under this section 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 successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify such decision in the Official Gazette, the rule shall, from the date of publication of such decision, 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 or omitted to be done in pursuance of that rule.".