Section 4: Rule-making power.

The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937Central Act · Act 26 of 1937

(1) The State Government may make rules to carry into effect the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--

(a) for prescribing the authority before whom and the form in which declaration under this Act shall be made;

(b) for prescribing the fees to be paid for the filing of declarations and for the attendance at private residences of any person in the discharge of his duties under this Act; and for prescribing the times at which such fees shall be payable and the manner in which they shall be levied.

(3) Rules made under the provisions of this section shall be published, in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon have effect as if enacted in this Act.

[(4) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as it is made, before the State Legislature.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
Section	4
Marginal note	Rule-making power.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

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inserted, Act 20 of 1983. . Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-3-1984).

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