Section 24
Power to make rules.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to coinage and the Mints, the protection of coinage and to provide for the prohibition of melting or destruction of coins and prohibit the making or the possession thereof for issue and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) The Government may, by notification, make rules to carry 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 use of metal for the purpose of making any coin under clause (f) of section 2;
(b) the per cent. of metals for any coin under clause (i) of section 2;
(c) the standard weight for any coin under clause (l) of section 2;
(d) the dimensions, designs, metals, mixed metals or their composition, for coins under section 4;
(e) the standard weight of coins and the remedy allowed in making such coins under section 5
(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 use of metal for the purpose of making any coin under clause (f) of section 2;
(b) the per cent. of metals for any coin under clause (i) of section 2;
(c) the standard weight for any coin under clause (l) of section 2;
(d) the dimensions, designs, metals, mixed metals or their composition, for coins under section 4;
(e) the standard weight of coins and the remedy allowed in making such coins under section 5