Section 20:
Power to make rules.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
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) payment of gratuity to working journalists;
(b) hours of work of working journalists;
(c) holidays, earned leave, leave on medical certificate, casual leave or any other kind of leave
admissible to working journalists;
1[(d) the procedure to be followed by the Board 2[or, as the case may be, the Tribunal,] in the
discharge of its functions under this Act;
(e) the form of nominations, and the manner in which nominations may be made;
(f) the manner in which any person may be appointed for the purposes of sub-section (3) of
section 5A;
(g) the variation or cancellation of nominations;
(h) the manner of giving notice under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 12;
(i) the registers, records and muster-rolls to be prepared and maintained by newspaper
establishments, the forms in which they should be prepared and maintained and the particulars to be
entered therein;
(j) the powers that may be exercised by an Inspector;
(k) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.]
3[(3) Every rule made under this section 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 4[or in two or more successive sessions], and if before the expiry of the session 5[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 65 of 1962, s. 9, for clauses (d), (e) and (f) (w.e.f. 15-1-1963).
2. Ins. by Act 6 of 1979, s. 6 (w.e.f. 31-1-1979).
3. Subs. by Act 65 of 1962, s. 9, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 15-1-1963).
4. Subs. by Act 60 of 1974, s. 6, for "or in two successive sessions".
5. Subs. by s. 6, ibid., for "in which it is so laid or the session immediately following".