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Section 23: Power to make rules

The Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999State Act of Kerala · Act 8 of 1999

(1) The Government may, by notification, in the Gazette, make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, such rules may provide for,-

(a) the authorities to be prescribed under sub-clause (iv) of clause (d) of section 2;

(b) the salary, allowances and pensions payable to, and other conditions of service of, the Lok Ayukta and the Upa-Lok Ayuktas;

(c) the form and the manner in which a complaint may be made;

(d) the powers of a civil court which may be exercised by the Lok Ayukta or an Upa-Lok Ayukta under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 11;

(e) the salary, allowances, appointment and other conditions of service of the staff and employees of the Lok Ayukta and the Upa-Lok Ayuktas under sub-section (2) of section 16.

(f) any other matter for which rules have to be or may be made under this Act.

(3) Any rule under this Act may be made, either prospectively or retrospectively, and when a rule is made with retrospective effect, the reasons that necessitated the making of such rule shall be specified in the statement to be placed before the Legislative Assembly.

(4) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in, one session or in two successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule 21 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.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999
Section23
Marginal notePower to make rules
JurisdictionState of Kerala
StatusIn force as published by the source

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