Insertion of new section

After section 89 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "89-A. Power to make rules for filing of copies of documents.-

1. (1) The State Government may make rules for all purposes connected with the filing of true copies of documents in the appropriate books under this Act.
2. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
   • (a) specifying the classes of documents in respect of which true copies shall be filed;
   • (b) the furnishing of true copies of documents by the person presenting the document for registration;
   • (c) the manner in which true copies of documents shall be prepared;
   • (d) the manner of filing of such copies, and
   • (e) the licensing of scribes for preparing the true copies of documents, and the fees to be paid for issue of licence to the scribes.
3. (3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette and, unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on which they are so published.
4. (4) Every rule made under this section shall, as soon as possible after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly, Pondicherry, while it is in session for a total period of 14 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 sessions aforesaid, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides 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."