Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008

Year: 2009

Enactment Date: 2009-01-07

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at the grass roots level for the purposes of providing access to justice to the citizens at their doorsteps and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of social, economic or other disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 38: Power to remove difficulties.
    (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
     Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a period of three years from the date of commencement of this Act.
     (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
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