Section 22
Notification, rule, etc., to be laid before Parliament.
The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution of a Central Vigilance Commission to inquire or cause inquiries to be conducted into offences alleged to have been committed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 by certain categories of public servants of the Central Government, corporations established by or under any Central Act, Government companies, societies and local authorities owned or controlled by the Central Government and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Every notification issued under clause
(b) of sub-section (2) of section 8 and every rule made by the Central Government and every regulation
made by the Commission under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued or 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 notification or the rule or the regulation, or both Houses agree that the notification or the rule or the
regulation should not be made, the notification or the rule or the regulation 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 notification
or rule or regulation.