(1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for:-
(a) the procedure to be followed by Rent Courts and Rent Tribunals;
(b) the matters to be taken into account in determining average gross produce;
(c) the fees to be paid in respect of applications and appeals under this Act;
(d) the time within which appeals may be presented under this Act;
(e) the notification of prices of agricultural or horticultural produce for the purpose of fixing the cash value of the fair rent.
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(3) All rules made under this Act shall, as soon as may be after they are made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry 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 any such rule should not be made, that 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.
Power to remove difficulties
18. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by general or special order, do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which appears to the Government to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiration of two years from the commencement of this Act.
__________ 535 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS ACT 5 OF 1971 At present in the Union territory of Puducherry, with the exception of Mahe region, there are no laws to regulate the relationship between the landlord and the cultivating tenant in so far as payment of rent is concerned. In other words, the landlords are free to charge any rent as may be agreed upon between them and their tenants. In the absence of such a measure, the incentive for the tenant to improve the land is lacking. The objectives of all land reforms are to create or introduce such measures which would be conducive or favourable to the cultivating tenants and thereby increasing the agricultural economy and promoting high level of efficiency in productivity. To achieve this purpose, it would be necessary to provide safeguards for the cultivating tenants with regard to the fixation of fair rent. ‘The present Bill, inter alia, provides the manner and machinery for fixation of fair rent. The present Bill is based on the Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, 1956 with suitable modifications.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS ACT 8 OF 1973 The Puducherry Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, (1970) came into force regions of Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam of the Union territory of Puducherry on 1-4-1971. In the said Act, there is no specific provision exempting the Government and Municipal lands from the operation of the provisions of the principal Act. As such, section 2A is incorporated for this purpose. The amendment bill covering the above said matter seeks to achieve the above object.
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