Power to make rules

(1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (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) the manner in which notices under this Act, or the schedules of betterment charges and acreage rates shall be published; (b) the manner in which valuation may be made of any lands for the purpose of sub-section (1) of section 5 and for determining their increase in value; (c) the manner in which rates of betterment charges shall be calculated with reference to any lands or class of lands in an irrigation scheme; (cc) the manner in which advance payment of betterment charges shall be realised and the amount thereof deducted or refunded; (d) the form in which demand statements may be prepared under sub-section (1) of section 8 and the procedure for preparing the same; (e) the form in which notices of demand may be prepared under this Act and the manner of their service; (f) the time within which objections may be preferred from notices of demand under sub-section (2) of section 8, the procedure for the determination of such objections and the authorities to whom and the manner in which and the conditions subject to which appeals may be preferred therefrom; (g) the time within which betterment charges and acreage rates shall be payable after the notice of demand and the manner in which such charge or rates may be realised; (h) the conditions subject to which any sum due under this Act may be paid in instalments and the rate of interest for the payment of such sums in instalments; (i) the conditions subject to which any landowner may be allowed to relinquish any part of his land in favour of the Government in satisfaction of betterment charges due from him; (j) the manner in which betterment charges and acreage rates shall be apportioned between landowners and occupancy tenants; (k) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which any officer shall exercise his powers under this Act; (l) any other matter requiring to be prescribed under this Act.