The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force.

Power to make rules and laying of rules 24.

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules, consistent with this Act, for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
   • (i) the manner to receive, enquire into and redress any complaints under sub-section
3. (1) of section 6;
   • (ii) the manner of acknowledgement of complaints received and particulars of receiver of complaint and time frame for redresses under section 7;
   • (iii) the time frame for redresses of grievances under sub-section
4. (1) of section 8;
   • (iv) the time frame within which the Grievance Redressal Officer shall report to the Appellate Authority under section 9;
   • (v) the other means of acknowledgement under sub-section
5. (3) of section 11;
   • (vi) the time frame for disposal of appeal under sub-section
6. (4) of section 11;
   • (vii) the time frame within which the Appellate Authority shall deliver copies of the decision to the parties concerned under section 12;
   • (viii) the time frame within which an appeal shall be made against the decision of the Grievance Redressal Officer or has not received the decision within the time under sub-section
7. (2) of section 11;
   • (ix) the manner and the time frame within which the public authority shall publish a report and other particulars for discharge of functions of the public authority under sub-section
8. (2) of section 19; and
   • (x) any other matter which is or may be provided by rules under this Act.
9. (3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Manipur Legislative Assembly, while it is in session, for a total period of seven 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 session immediately following, the Manipur Legislative Assembly agree in making any modification in the rule or 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.