Section 23 — Power of the State Government to make rules.

23. Power of the State Government to make rules.—(1) The State Government may, after 

consultation with the High Court, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1) such rules 

may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the salary or honorarium and other allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions 

of Judges under sub-section (6) of section 4; 

(b)the terms and conditions of association of counsellors and the terms and conditions of service 

of the officers and other employees referred to in section 6; 

(c) payment of fees and expenses (including travelling expenses) of medical and other experts and 

other persons referred to in section 12 out of the revenues of the State Government and the scales of 

such fees and expenses; 

(d) payment of fees and expenses to legal practitioners appointed under section 13 as amicus 

curiae out of the revenues of the State Government and the scales of such fees and expenses; 

(e) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed or provided for by rules. 

(3) Every rule made by a State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is 

made, before the State Legislature.