Section 20 of The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026 — Power of Central Government to make rules
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- (1)The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying 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 salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of holding office of the Chairperson of the Commission and the Members of the Commission under sub-section
- (3)of section 5;
- (b)the manner of constitution of committee and for holding inquiry under sub-section
- (3)of section 6;
- (c)the administrative and financial powers of the Commission to be exercised by the Secretary of the Commission under sub-section
- (2)of section 8;
- (d)the number of officers and employees of the Secretariat and their appointment, terms and conditions of service under sub-section
- (3)of section 8;
- (e)the functions of the Secretariat under sub-section
- (4)of section 8;
- (f)the form for preparing annual statement of accounts under sub-section
- (1)of section 11;
- (g)the qualifications, manner of selection, appointment, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and other conditions of service of the Chairperson and Members of Tribunals under sub-section
- (1)of section 14;
- (h)the comprehensive procedure for assessment of candidates under sub-section
- (4)of section 14;
- (i)the manner of conduct of inquiry under sub-section
- (2)of section 16; and
- (j)any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
- (3)Every rule made under this Act 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 immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses 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.