11Power to make rules
(1) The Central 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 powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) cases and conditions regulating the use of emblem under section 4;
(b) making rules to regulate the use of the emblem in official seal of the Government and specifying restrictions and conditions relating thereto under sub-section (1) of section 6;
(c) the use of emblem on stationery, design of official seal consisting of emblem and other matters under sub-section (2) of section 6;
(d) authorising officer by general or special order for giving previous sanction for instituting prosecution under section 8; and
(e) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediatelyfollowing the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both House agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses 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.
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- 1 Short title, extent, application and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Prohibition of improper use of emblem
- 4 Prohibition of use of emblem for wrongful gain
- 5 Prohibition of registration of certain companies, etc
- 6 General powers of Central Government to regulate use of emblem
- 7 Penalty
- 8 Previous sanction for prosecution
- 9 Savings
- 10 Act to have overriding effect
- 11 Power to make rules