Section 30:
Power to make rules.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may
provide for--
(a) declaring any information not so far published or otherwise made public as restricted
information and prescribing the measures to be taken to guard against unauthorised dissemination or
use thereof;
(b) declaring any area or premises as prohibited area and prescribing the measures to be taken to
provide against unauthorised entry into or departure from such prohibited area;
(c) reporting of information relating to the discovery of uranium, thorium and other prescribed
substances and for payment of rewards for such discoveries;
(d) control over mining or concentration of substances containing uranium;
(e) regulating by licensing and encouraging by award of concessions including rewards, floor
prices and guarantees, mining of and prospecting for other prescribed substances;
(f) compulsory acquisition of prescribed substances, minerals and plants;
(g) regulating the production, import, export, transfer, refining, possession, ownership, sale, use
or disposal of the prescribed substances and any other articles that in the opinion of the Central
Government may be used for, or may result as a consequence of, the production, use or application of
atomic energy;
(h) regulating the use of prescribed equipment;
(i) regulating the manufacture, custody, transport, transfer, sale, export, import, use or disposal of
any radioactive substance;
(j) regulating the transport of such prescribed substances as are declared dangerous to health
under sub-section (2) of section 17;
(k) developing, controlling, supervising and licensing the production, application and use of
atomic energy;
(l) fees for issue of licences under this Act;
(m) the manner of serving notices under this Act;
(n) generally promoting co-operation among person, institutions and countries in the production,
use, application of atomic energy and in research and investigations in that field.
(3) Rules made under this Act may provide that a contravention of the rules shall, save as otherwise
expressly provided in this Act, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(4) 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 1[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
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid" (w.e.f. 15-5-1986).