Section 17: Power to make rules.

(1) The Government may make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) the honorarium and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and Members under sub-section (4) of section 4 and the salaries and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of, the officers and other employees under sub-section (2) of section 7; (b) the form and the manner in which the accounts and the form in which the annual statement of accounts, shall be prepared under sub-section (1) of section 12; (c) the form in which, and the time at which the annual report shall be prepared under section 13; (d) in such manner and the intervals at which periodical reports are to be sent by the Commission to the Government; (e) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed under this Act. (3) (a) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette and, unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the date on which they are so published. (b) All rules, notifications or orders issued under this Act shall, unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the date on which they are so published. (4) Every rule made or notification or order issued under this Act shall, as soon as possible, after it is made or issued, be placed on the table of the Legislative Assembly and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in any such rule, notification, or order, or the Legislative Assembly decides that the rule, notification, or order should not be made or issued, the rule, notification, or order 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, notification or order.