Section 20:
Bye-laws.
(1) The Committee may make bye-laws to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such bye-laws may
provide for--
(a) the division of duties among the president and the members of the Committee;
(b) the time and place of, the quorum for, and procedure and conduct of business at, the meetings
of the Committee;
(c) the security, if any, to be taken from the employees of the Committee;
(d) the books and accounts to be kept at the office of the Committee;
(e) the custody and investment of the property and the funds of the Durgah;
(f) the details to be included in or excluded from the budget of the Durgah;
(g) the persons by whom receipts may be granted for money paid to the Committee;
(h) the maintenance of peace and order within the Durgah compound and regulating the conduct
of persons within the precincts of the Durgah;
(i) the duties and powers of the employees of the Durgah;
(j) the regulation of the cooking of degs and distribution of the food so cooked, notwithstanding
any judicial decision relating to the right of any person or class of persons to participate in such
cooking or distribution;
(k) the powers and functions of the Advisory Committee and the matters in which the advice of
the Advisory Committee may be sought by the Nazim;
(l) the manner of entering into contracts by or on behalf of the Committee.
(3) Any power to make bye-laws conferred by this section is conferred subject to the condition of the
bye-laws being first published in draft for objections by being hung up on the premises of the Durgah and
of their not taking effect until they have been approved and confirmed by the Central Government and
published in the Official Gazette.
(4) The Central Government in approving and confirming a bye-law may make any change therein
which appears to be necessary.
(5) The Central Government may, after previous publication of its intention cancel any bye-law
which it has approved and confirmed, and thereupon the bye-law shall cease to have effect.
1[(6) Every bye-law made under this section and every order made by the Central Government under
sub-section(5) 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, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the
successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the bye-law or order, or
both Houses agree that the bye-law or order should not be made, the bye-law or order 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 bye-law or order.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).