Power of State Government to make rules

The State Government may, after previous publication, make rules consistent with this Act and with the Municipal Act to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided that before making any rules under the provisions of this section, the State Government shall, in addition to observing the procedure laid down in section 21 of the Punjab General Clauses Act, 1898, publish by notification a draft of the proposed rules for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby, at least thirty days before a meeting of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The State Government, in order to give members of the Assembly an opportunity for moving a motion for discussing the draft, shall defer final publication of the rules until after the expiry of the date fixed for consideration of a motion for such discussion, provided that notice of such motion has been given before the first meeting of the Assembly held after the expiry of thirty days from the publication of the draft. In section 114 for the words "by notice" the words "order the Executive Officer by notice to" shall be deemed to be substituted and for the words "be necessary in order to prevent imminent danger, the committee shall forthwith take such steps, at the expense of the owner, to avert the danger as may be necessary", the following words shall be deemed to be substituted, namely :-- "the Executive Officer that the danger from any such building, wall, structure, thing, bank or tree is imminent he shall forthwith take such steps, at the expense of the owner, to avert the danger as may appear to him to be necessary and as may be approved by the President : Provided that any action taken by the Executive Officer under this section shall be reported to the Committee at its next following meeting."