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Unit I 54.

(1) Save as otherwise exempted under this Act, no person other than Central Transmission Utility or a State Transmission Utility, or a licensee shall transmit or use electricity at a rate exceeding two hundred and fifty watts and one hundred volts (a) in any street, or (b) in any place,(i) in which one hundred or more persons are ordinarily likely to be assembled; or (ii) which is a factory within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1948 or a mine within the meaning of the Mines Act, 1952; or (iii) to which the State Government, by general or special order, declares the provisions of this sub-section to apply, without giving, before the commencement of transmission or use of electricity, not less than seven days notice in writing of his intention to the Electrical Inspector and to the District Magistrate, or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, containing particulars of the electrical installation and plant, if any, the nature and the purpose of supply and complying with such of the provisions of Part XI of this Act, as may be applicable: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to electricity used for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods, on, or for the lighting or ventilation of the rolling stock of any railway or tramway subject to the provisions of the Railways Act, 1989. (2) Where any difference or dispute arises as to whether a place is or is not one in which one hundred or more persons are ordinarily likely to be assembled, the matter shall be referred to the State Government, and the decision of the State Government thereon shall be final. (3) The provisions of this section shall be binding on the Government.

57. (1) The Appropriate Commission may, after consultation with the licensees and persons likely to be affected, specify standards of performance of a licensee or a class of licensees.

(2) If a licensee fails to meet the standards specified under subsection (1), without prejudice to any penalty which may be imposed or prosecution be initiated, he shall be liable to pay such compensation to the person affected as may be determined by the Appropriate Commission: Provided that before determination of compensation, the concerned licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (3) The compensation determined under sub-section (2) shall be paid by the concerned licensee within ninety days of such determination.

Unit II 162. (1)The Appropriate Government may, by notification, appoint duly qualified persons to be Chief Electrical Inspector or Electrical Inspectors and every such Inspector so appointed shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of a Chief Electrical Inspector or an Electrical Inspector under this Act and exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed within such areas or in respect of such class of works and electric installations and subject to such restrictions as the Appropriate Government may direct. (2) In the absence of express provision to the contrary in this Act, or any rule made thereunder, an appeal shall lie from the decision of a Chief Electrical Inspector or an Electrical Inspector to the Appropriate Government or if the Appropriate Government, by general or special order so directs, to an Appropriate Commission. 163. (1) A licensee or any person duly authorised by a licence may, at any reasonable time, and on informing the occupier of his intention, enter any premises to which electricity is, or has been, supplied by him, of any premises or land, under, over, along, across, in or upon which the electric supply-lines or other works have been lawfully placed by him for the purpose of (a) inspecting, testing, repairing or altering the electric supply lines, meters, fittings, works and apparatus for the supply of electricity belonging to the licensee; or (b) ascertaining the amount of electricity supplied or the electrical quantity contained in the supply; or (c) removing where a supply of electricity is no longer required, or where the licensee is authorised to take away and cut off such supply, any electric supply-lines, meters, fittings, works or apparatus belonging to the licensee. (2) A licensee or any person authorised as aforesaid may also, in pursuance of a special order in this behalf made by an Executive Magistrate and after giving not less than twenty-four hours notice in writing to the occupier, -

(a) enter any premises or land referred to in sub-section (1) for any of the purposes mentioned therein; (b) enter any premises to which electricity is to be supplied by him, for the purpose of examining and testing the electric wires fittings, works and apparatus for the use of electricity belonging to the consumer. (3) Where a consumer refuses to allow a licensee or any person authorised as aforesaid to enter his premises or land in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (1) or, subsection (2), when such licensee or person has so entered, refuses to allow him to perform any act which he is authorised by those subsections to perform, or fails to give reasonable facilities for such entry or performance, the licensee may, after the expiry of twenty-four hours from the service of a notice in writing on the consumer, cut off the supply to the consumer for so long as such refusal or failure continues, but for no longer.

Unit III Prospecting or mining operations to be under licence or lease. 4. (1) No person shall undertake any reconnaissance, prospecting or mining operations in any area, except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a reconnaissance permit or of a prospecting licence or, as the case may be, a mining lease, granted under this Act and the rules made thereunder]: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect any prospecting or mining operations undertaken in any area in accordance with the terms and conditions of a prospecting licence or mining lease granted before the commencement of this Act which is in force at such commencement. Provided further that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any prospecting operations undertaken by the Geological Survey of India, the Indian Bureau of Mines, the Directorates of Mining and Geology of any State Government ( by whatever name called ), and the Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, a Government Company within the meaning of Section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956. [Provided also that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any mining lease (whether called mining lease, mining concession or by any other name) in force immediately before the commencement of this Act in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.] [(1A) No person shall transport or store or cause to be transported or stored any mineral

otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder.] [No reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease] shall be granted otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (3) Any State Government may, after prior consultation with the Central Government and in accordance with the rules made under Section 18, [ undertake reconnaissance, prospecting or mining operations with respect to any mineral specified in the First Schedule in any area within that State which is not already held under any reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease.]

22. Applications for grant of mining leases :- (1) An application for the grant of a mining lease in respect of land in which the minerals vest in the Government shall be made to the State Government in Form I through such officer or authority as the State Government may specify in this behalf. (2) Omitted. (3) (i) Every application for the grant or renewal of a mining lease shall be accompanied by - [non refundable] fee of two thousand and five hundred rupees]; (b) Omitted. (c) Omitted. (d) A valid clearance certificate in the form prescribed by the State Government, of payment of mining dues, such as royalty or dead rent and surface rent payable under the Act or the rules made thereunder, from that Government or any officer or authority authorised by that Government in this behalf :

Provided that in case the applicant is a partnership firm or a private limited company, such certificate shall be furnished by all partners of the partnership firm or, as the case may be, all members of the private limited company : [Provided that where any injunction has been issued by a court of law or any other competent authority staying the recovery of any such mining dues or income tax nonpayment thereof shall not be treated as a disqualification for the purpose of granting or renewing the said mining lease : Provided that where a person has furnished an affidavit to the satisfaction of the State Government stating that he does not hold and has not held a mining lease, it shall not be necessary for him to produce the said valid clearance certificate : Provided that a properly sworn affidavit stating that no dues are outstanding shall suffice subject to the condition that the certificate required as above shall be furnished within ninety days of the date of application and the application shall become invalid if the party fails to file the certificate within the said ninety days : Provided further that the grant of a clearance certificate under subclause (d) shall not discharge the holder of such certificate from the liability to pay the mining dues which may subsequently be found to be payable by him under the Act or rules made thereunder.] (e) Omitted. (f) an affidavit stating that the applicant has (i) filed up-to-date income-tax returns; (ii) paid the income-tax assessed on him; and (iii) paid the income-tax on the basis of self-assessment as provided in the Income Tax Act, 1961; (g) an affidavit showing particulars of area mineral-wise in State, which the applicant or any person jointly with him (i) already holds under a mining lease; (ii) has already applied for but not granted; (iii) being applied for simultaneously; (h) a statement in writing that the applicant has, where the land is not owned by him, obtained surface rights over the area or has obtained the consent of the owner for starting mining operations :

Provided that no such statement shall be necessary where the land is owned by the Government : Provided further that the consent of the owner for starting mining operations in the area or part thereof may be furnished after execution of the lease deed but before entry into the said area: Provided also that no further consent would be required in the case of renewal where consent has already been obtained during grant of the lease. (i a) The State Government may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax the provision of sub-clause (d) of clause (i).

(ii) Every application for the grant of a mining lease shall in addition to those specified in clause (i) be accompanied by a deposit of one thousand rupees for meeting the preliminary expenses in connection with the grant of the mining lease : Provided that the applicant shall deposit such further deposit as may be asked for by the State Government, within one month from the date of demand of such deposit. (4) On receipt of the application for the grant of a mining lease the State Government shall take decision to grant precise area for the said purpose and communicate such decision to the applicant . On receipt of communication from the State Government of the precise area to be granted, the applicant shall submit a mining plan within a period of six months or such other period as may be allowed by the State Government, to the Central Government for its approval. The applicant shall submit the mining plan, duly approved by the Central Government or by an officer duly authorised by the Central Government, to the State Government to grant mining lease over that area. 1

[(4A) 2 [Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (4), the State Government shall be competent to approve mining plan of open cast mines (mines other than the underground mines) in respect of the following non-metallic or industrial minerals in their respective territorial jurisdiction, namely:( i ) Agate (ii) Ball Clay (iii) Barytes (iv) Calcareous Sand (v) Calcite (vi) Chalk (vii) Clay (Others) (viii) Corundum (ix) Diaspore (x) Dolomite (xi) Dunite/pyroxenite (xii) Felsite (xiii) Felspar (xiv) Fireclay (xv) Fusch. Quartzite (xvi) Gypsum (xvii) Jasper ____________________________________________________________ ______ 1. Inserted by G.S.R. 56 (E), dated 17.1.2000.

2. Substituted by G.S.R. 743 (E), dated 25.9.2000.19 (xviii) Kaolin (xix) Laterite (xx) Limekankar

(xxi) Ochre (xxii) Pyrophyllite (xxiii) Quartz (xxiv) Quartzite (xxv) Sand (Others) (xxvi) Shale (xxvii) Silica Sand (xxviii)Slate (xxix) Steatite/Talc/Soapstone ] 1 [Provided that the State Government shall exercise the power of approval of mining plan through an officer or officers who shall possess the following qualification, 2 [experience and post or pay scale], namely :(i) a degree in Mining Engineering or post-graduate degree in Geology from a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, including any institution recognized by the University Grants Commission established under section 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956) or any equivalent qualification granted by

any University or Institution outside India; (ii) professional experience of twelve years in case of a Mining Engineer in the field of mining engineering and professional experience of eighteen years in case of a Geologist in the field of geological survey after obtaining the qualification as specified in clause (i) in each case; and 3 [(iii) in the post of Director or Additional Director or Joint Director of the concerned State Government or in the pay scale, the maximum of which shall not be less than Rs.15,850/- (Rupees fifteen thousand eight hundred and fifty) per month:] Provided further that the list of the officers fulfilling the qualification, 4 [experience and post or pay-scale] specified in the first proviso shall be sent to the Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines by the Sate Governments from time to time for the purposes of that proviso]; Provided 5 [also] where any State Government does not have such officer as having the requisite qualifications and experience, the power of approval of 1. Substituted by G.S.R.31(E), dated 22.1.2001. 2. Substituted by G.S.R.733(E), dated 29.10.2002. 3. Ibid. 22.1.2001.20 4. Ibid. 5. Substituted by G.S.R. 31 (E), dated

mining plan, as aforesaid, in respect of that State shall be exercised by the Central Government :

Provided also that in the event of the State Government having officer or officers with requisite qualifications and experience from any date in future the State government shall report the matter to the Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines and the State Government shall exercise the power of approval of mining plan, as aforesaid, thereafter without any reference to the Central Government.] 1 [(4B) The Central Government or the State Government shall dispose of the application for approval of the mining plan within a period of ninety days from the date of receiving of such application: Provided that the aforesaid period of ninety days shall be applicable only if the mining plan is complete in all respects, and in case of any modifications subsequently suggested by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, after the initial submission of the mining plan for approval, the said period shall be applicable from the date on which such modifications are carried out and submitted afresh to the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be.] (5) The Mining Plan shall incorporate :2 [(i) the plan of the lease hold area showing the nature and extent of the mineral body, spot or spots where the mining operations are proposed to be based on the prospecting data gathered by the applicant or any other person]; (ii) details of the geology and lithology of the area including mineral reserves of the area;

(iii) the extent of manual mining or mining by the use of machinery and mechanical devices; (iv) the plan of the area showing natural water courses, limits of reserves and other forest areas and density of trees, if any, assessment of impact of mining activity on forest, land surface and environment including air and water pollution; details of scheme of restoration of the area by afforestation, land reclamation, use of pollution control devices and such other measures as may be directed by the Central Government or the State Government from time to time; ____________________________________________________________ ______ 1. Inserted by G.S.R.21 (E), dated 11.1.2002. 2. Substituted by G.S.R.56 (E), dated 17.1.2000.21 1 [(v) a tentative scheme of mining and annual programme and plan for excavation from year to year for five years; 2 [omitted] 3 [ (va) a progressive mine closure plan as defined in clause (oo) of rule 3 of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988; and] (vi) any other matter which the Central Government may require the applicant to provide in the mining plan. 4 [(6) The mining plan once approved shall be valid for the entire duration of

the lease: Provided that any modification or modifications of the mining plan shall be approved by the competent authority and such approval of the modified mining plan shall remain valid for the balance duration of the mining lease.]

Unit IV, Unit V & Unit XIII 25. RESTRICTIONS ON NEW OUTLETS AND NEW DISCHARGES 6[(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall, without the previous consent of the State Board,-(a) establish or take any steps to establish any industry, operation or process, or any treatment and disposal system or an extension or addition thereto, which is likely to discharge sewage or trade effluent into a stream or well or sewer or on land (such discharge being hereafter in this section referred to as discharge of sewage); or (b) bring into use any new or altered outlets for the discharge of sewage; or (c) begin to make any new discharge of sewage; Provided that a person in the process of taking any steps to establish any industry, operation or process immediately before the commencement of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 1988, for which no consent was necessary prior to such commencement or, if he has made an application for such consent, within the said period of three months, till the disposal of such application. (2) An application for consent of the State Board under sub-section (1) shall be made in such form, contain such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. (3) The State Board may make such inquiry as it may deem fit in respect of the application for consent referred to in sub-section (1) and in making any such inquiry shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed. 7[(4) The State Board may -(a) grant its consent referred to in sub-section (1), subject to such conditions as it may impose, being--

(i) in cases referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) of section 25, conditions as to the point of discharge of sewage or as to the use of that outlet or any other outlet for discharge of sewage; (ii) in the case of a new discharge, conditions as to the nature and composition, temperature, volume or rate of discharge of the effluent from the land or premises from which the discharge or new discharge is to be made; and (iii) that the consent will be valid only for such period as may be specified in the order, and any such conditions imposed shall be binding on any person establishing or taking any steps to establish any industry, operation or process, or treatment and disposal system or extension or addition thereto, or using the new or altered outlet, or discharging the effluent from the land or premises aforesaid; or (b) refuse such consent for reasons to be recorded in writing. (5) Where, without the consent of the State Board, any industry operation or process, or any treatment and disposal system or any extension or addition thereto, is established, or any steps for such establishment have been taken or a new or altered outlet is brought into use for the discharge of sewage or a new discharge of sewage is made, the State Board may serve on the person who has established or taken steps to establish any industry, operation or process, or any treatment and disposal system or any extension or addition thereto, or using the outlet, or making the discharge, as the case may be, a notice imposing any such conditions as it might have imposed on an application for its consent in respect of such establishment, such outlet or discharge. (6) Every State Board shall maintain a register containing particulars or conditions imposed under this section and so much of the register as relates to any outlet, or to any effluent, from any land or premises shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by any person interested in, or affected by such outlet, land or premises, as the case may be, or by any person authorised by him in this behalf and the conditions so contained in such register shall be conclusive proof that the consent was granted subject such conditions] (7) The consent referred to in sub-section (1) shall, unless given or refused earlier, be deemed to have been given unconditionally on the expiry of a period of four months of the making of an application in this behalf complete in all respects to the State Board. (8) For the purposes of this section and sections 27 and 30 -(a) the expression "new or altered outlet" means any outlet which is wholly or partly constructed on or after the commencement of this Act or which (whether so constructed or not) is substantially altered after such commencement;

(b) the expression "new discharge" means a discharge which is not, as respects the nature and composition, temperature, volume, and rate of discharge of the effluent substantially a continuation of a discharge made within the preceding twelve months (whether by the same or different outlet), so however that a discharge which is in other respects a continuation of previous discharge made as aforesaid shall not be deemed to be a new discharge by reason of any reduction of the temperature or volume or rate of discharge of the effluent as compared with the previous discharge. 21. Restrictions on use of certain industrial plants.
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Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall, without the previous consent of the State Board, establish or operate any industrial plant in an air pollution control area : Provided that a person operating any industrial plant in any air pollution control area, immediately before the commencement of section 9 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 1987, for which no consent was necessary prior to such commencement, may continue to do so for a period of three months from such commencement or, if he has made an application for such consent within the said period of three months, till the disposal of such application.] (2) An application for consent of the State Board under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by such fees as may bc prescribed 'and shall be made in the prescribed form and shall contain the particulars of the industrial plant and such other particulars as may be prescribed : Provided that where any person, immediately before the declaration of any area as an air pollution control area, operates in such area any industrial plant, 16*** such person shall make the application under this sub-section within such period (being not less than three months from the date of such declaration) as may be prescribed and where such person makes such application, he shall be deemed to be operating such industrial plant with the consent of the State Board until the consent applied for has been refused, (3) The State Board may make such inquiry as it may deem fit in respect of the application for consent referred to in sub-section (1) and in making any such inquiry, shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed. (4) Within a period of four months after the receipt of the application for consent referred to in sub-section (1), the State Board shall, by order in writing, 17[and for reasons to be recorded in the order, grant the consent applied for subject to such conditions and for such period as may be specified in the order, or refuse consent:] 18[Provided that it shall be open to the State Board to cancel such consent before the expiry of the period for which it is granted or refuse further consent after such expiry if the conditions subject to which such consent has been granted are not fulfilled:

Provided further that before cancelling a consent or refusing a further consent under the first provision, a reasonable opportunity of being heared shall be given to the person concerned.] (5) Every person to whom consent has been granted by the State Board under subsection (4), shall comply with the following conditions, namely (i) the control equipment of such specifications as the State Board may approve in this behalf shall be installed and operated in the premises where the industry is carried on or proposed to be carried on; (ii) the existing control equipment, if any, shall be altered or replaced in accordance with the directions of the State Board; (iii) the control equipment referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) shall be kept at all times in good running condition; (iv) chimney, wherever necessary, of such specifications as the State Board may approve in this behalf shall be erected or re-erected in such premises; .and (v) such other conditions as the State Board, may specify in this behalf, (vi) the conditions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) shall be complied with within such period as the State Board may specify in this behalfProvided that in the case of a person operating any industrial plant 19*** in an air pollution control area immediately before the date of declaration of such area as an air pollution control area, the period so specified shall not be less than six months : Provided further that(a) after the installation of any control equipment in accordance with the specifications under clause (i), or (b) after the alteration or replacement of any control equipment in accordance with the directions of the State Board under clause (ii), or (c) after the erection or re-erection of any chimney under clause (iv), no control equipment or chimney shall be altered or replaced or, as the case may be, erected or re-created except with the previous approval of the State Board. (6) If due to any technological improvement or otherwise the State Board is of opinion that all or any of the conditions referred to in sub-section (5) require or requires variation (including the change of any control equipment, either in whole or in part), the State Board shall, after giving the person to whom consent has been granted an

opportunity of being heard, vary all or any of such conditions and thereupon such person shall be bound to comply with the conditions as so varied. (7) Where a person to whom consent has been granted by the State Board under subsection (4) transfers his interest in the industry to any other person, such consent shall be deemed to have been granted to such other person and he shall be bound to comply with all the conditions subject to which it was granted as if the consent was granted to him originally.

Unit VI & Unit XI 6-B Grant of licences. (1) Where a person makes an application for licence under Section 5, the authority prescribed in the rules made under that section for grant of licences (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the licensing authority), after making such inquiry, if any as it may consider necessary, shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, by order in writing either grant the licence or refuse to grant the same. 4) The licensing authority shall grant a licence (a) where it is authority is required for the purpose of manufacture of explosives if the licensing

satisfied that the person by whom licence is requiredi) possesses technical know-how and experience in the manufacture of explosives; or ii) has sin his employment or undertakes to employ a person or persons (b) where it is required for any other purpose, if the licensing authority is satisfied that the person by whom licence is required has a good reason for obtaining the same.

Unit VII

16. Application by persons desiring to use canal- water. Any persons desiring to use the water of any canal may apply in writing to the Divisional or Sub- divisional Canalofficer of the division or sub- division of the canal from which the water- course is to be supplied, requesting such officer to construct or improve a water- course at the cost of the applicants. Contents of application. The application shall state the works to be undertaken, their approximate estimated cost, or the amount which the applicants are willing to pay for the same, or whether they engage to pay the actual cost as settled by the Divisional Canal- officer, and how the payment is to be made. Liability of applicants for cost of works. When the assent of the Superintending Canal- officer is given to such application, all the applicants shall, after the application has 1. See now the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894 ), s. 35. been duly attested before the Collector, be jointly and severally liable for the cost of such works to the extent mentioned therein. Recovery of amount due. Any amount becoming due under the terms of such application, and not paid to the Divisional Canal- officer, or the person authorised by him to receive the same, on or before the date on which it becomes due, shall, on the demand of such officer, be recoverable by the Collector as if it were an arrear of land- revenue. Unit VIII 32. Power to make rules for protected forests. The State Government may make rules to regulate the following matters, namely:-(a) the cutting, sawing, conversion and removal of trees and timber, and the collection, manufacture and removal of forest- produce, from protected forests; (b) the granting of licences to the inhabitants of towns and villages in the vicinity of protected forests to take trees, timber or other forest- produce for their own use, and the production and return of such licences by such persons; (c) the granting of licences to persons felling or removing trees or timber or other forestproduce from such forests for the purposes of trade, and the production and return of such licences by such persons; (d) the payments, if any, to be made by the persons mentioned in clauses (b) and (c) for permission to cut such trees, or to collect and remove such timber or other forestproduce; (e) the other payments, if any, to be made by them in respect of such trees, timber and produce, and the places where such payment shall be made; (f) the examination of forest- produce passing out of such forests; (g) the clearing and breaking up of land for cultivation or other purposes in such forests; (h) the protection from fire of timber lying in such forests and of trees reserved under section 30; (i) the cutting of grass and pasturing of cattle in such forests; (j) hunting, shooting, fishing, poisoning water and setting traps or snares in such forests, and the killing or catching of elephants in such forests in areas in which the elephants' Preservation Act, 1879 (6 of 1879 ), is not in force; (k) the protection and management of any portion of a forest closed under section 30; and (l) the exercise of rights referred to in section 29.

33. Penalties for acts in contravention of notification under section 30 or of rules under section 32. (1) Any person who commits any of the following offences, namely:-(a) fells, girdles, lops, taps or burns any tree reserved under section 30, or strips off the bark or leaves from, or otherwise damages, any such tree; (b) contrary to any prohibition under section 30, quarries any stone, or burns any lime or charcoal, or collects, subjects to any manufacturing process, or removes any forestproduce; (c) contrary to any prohibition under section 30, breaks up or clears for cultivation or any other purpose any land in any protected forest; (d) sets fire to such forest, or kindles a fire without taking all reasonable precautions to prevent it spreading to any tree reserved under section 30, whether standing, fallen or felled, or to any closed portion of such forest; (e) leaves burning any fire kindled by him in the vicinity of any such tree or closed portion; (f) fells any tree or drags any timber so as to damage any tree reserved as aforesaid; (g) permits cattle to damage any such tree; (h) infringes any rule made under section 32; shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. (2) Whenever fire is caused wilfully or by gross negligence in a protected forest, the State Government may, notwithstanding that any penalty has been inflicted under this section, direct that in such forest or any portion thereof the exercise of any right of pasture or to forest- produce shall be suspended for such period as it thinks fit. Unit X 34. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Power of the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Central Government (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the to make rules. forging power, such rules may provide for(a) the term of office and other conditions of service of the members; (b) the powers and duties of the Chairman and of the members; (c) the terms and conditions subject to which the non-recurring expenditure incurred by or for the Central Government for or in connection with the purposes of Any national Highway shall be treated as capital Provided by the Central Government to the Authority under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 12; (d) the value of amount required to be prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 15;

(e) the form in which and the time within which the Authority shall prepare its budget under section 19 and Its annual report under section 22; (f) the manner in which the Authority may invest its funds under section 20; (g) the manner in which the accounts of the Authority shall be maintained and audited and the date before which the audited copy of the accounts together with the auditors report thereon shall be furnished to the Central Government under section 23; (h) the conditions and restrictions with respect to the exercise of the power to enter under section 30 and the matters referred to in clause (f) of that section; and (i) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, Prescribed.

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