Section 14 of The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024: Emergency powers of Central Government for protecting public health.
The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024
About this Act
An Act to provide for regulation and control of the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export and import of aircraft and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) If the Central Government is satisfied that India or any part thereof is visited by or threatened with an outbreak of any dangerous epidemic disease, and that the ordinary provisions of the law for the time being in force are insufficient for the prevention of danger arising to the public health through the introduction or spread of the disease by the agency of aircraft, the Central Government may take such measures as it deems necessary to prevent such danger.
(2) In any such case the Central Government may, without prejudice to the powers conferred by section 13, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such temporary rules with respect to aircraft and persons travelling or things carried therein and aerodromes as it deems necessary in the circumstances.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 34, the power to make rules under sub-section (2) shall not be subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous publication, but such rules shall not remain in force for more than three months from the date of notification:
Provided that the Central Government may by special order continue them in force for a further period or periods of not more than three months in all.
(2) In any such case the Central Government may, without prejudice to the powers conferred by section 13, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such temporary rules with respect to aircraft and persons travelling or things carried therein and aerodromes as it deems necessary in the circumstances.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 34, the power to make rules under sub-section (2) shall not be subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous publication, but such rules shall not remain in force for more than three months from the date of notification:
Provided that the Central Government may by special order continue them in force for a further period or periods of not more than three months in all.