Section 7:
Power to make rules.
(1) There shall be constituted a Joint Committee of both Houses of
Parliament in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained for the purpose of making rules to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Joint Committee shall consist of fifteen members of whom ten shall be nominated by the
Speaker and five shall be nominated by the Chairman.
(3) The Joint Committee shall elect its own Chairman and shall have power to regulate its
own procedure.
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Joint Committee
may make rules to provide for the following among other matters, namely:--
(a) the manner of transmission of a motion adopted in one House to the other House of
Parliament;
(b) the manner of presentation of an address to the President for the removal of a Judge;
(c) the travelling and other allowances payable to the members of the Committee and the
witnesses who may be required to attend such Committee;
(d) the facilities which may be accorded to the Judge for defending himself;
(e) any other matter which has to be, or may be, provided for by rules or in respect of which
provision is, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, necessary.
(5) Any rules made under this section shall not take effect until they are approved and confirmed
both by the Speaker and the Chairman and are published in the Official Gazette, and such publication
of the rules shall be conclusive proof that they have been duly made.