(1)

The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act:

Provided that when the Council has been established, no such rules shall be made without consulting the Council.

(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 procedure for nomination of members of the Council under clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (3) of section 5;

(b) the manner in which panel of names may be invited under sub-section (4) of section 5;

(c) the procedure for election of a member of the Committee referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 under sub-section (6) of that section;

(d) the allowances or fees to be paid to the members of the Council for attending the meetings of the Council, and other conditions of service of such members under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 7;

(e) the appointment of the Secretary and other employees of the Council under section 11;

(f) the matters referred to in clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 15;

(g) the rates at which fees may be levied by the Council under section 16 and the manner in which such fees may be levied;

(h) the form in which, and the time within which, the budget and annual report are to be prepared by the Council under sections 19 and 20 respectively;

(i) the manner in which the accounts of the Council are to be maintained and audited under section 22.

(3)

Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the 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.