Section 40A
Power to make rules retrospectively.
The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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[40A. Power to make rules retrospectively.—The power to make rules under clause (b) of
sub-section (2) of section 40 shall include the power to make such rules or any of them retrospectively
from a date not earlier than the date on which this Act received the assent of the President, but no such
retrospective effect shall be given to any such rule so as to prejudicially affect the interests of any person
to whom such rule may be applicable.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 49 of 2000, s. 2 (w.e.f. 11-12-2000).