Power to make rules

Power to make rules

1. (1) The Government may make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions such rules may provide-
   • (a) for regulating the powers and duties of the Commissioner and any other Officers subordinate to him;
   • (b) for regulating the delegation of powers by the Commissioner or by any other Excise and Prohibition Officer;
   • (c) for regulating the consumption of liquor by holder of a permit or authorisation;
   • (d) for prescribing the conditions for issuing permit, or authorisation;
   • (e) for prescribing the procedure for payment of duty and fee by permit-holder;
   • (f) for prescribing the composition, powers and functions of the Prohibition Council and the Committee;
   • (g) for prescribing the procedure for disposal of confiscated articles;
   • (h) for regulating the procedure for payment of rewards;
     • (i) for the establishment of Departmental Store for the stock of India made foreign liquor, and beer and for issue of liquor from the Departmental Store;
   • (j) for prescribing the authority to whom all appeal shall lie;
   • (k) any other matter as may, or require to be prescribed.
3. (3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is made, before the Mizoram 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 of which it is so laid or the sessions immediately following, the Legislative Assembly decide to make any modification in the rule or the Legislative Assembly agrees 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.