THE HIMACHAL PRADESH ABADI DEH (RECORD OF RIGHTS) ACT, 2021

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH ABADI DEH (RECORD OF RIGHTS) 

ACT, 2021 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

Sections: 

CHAPTER-I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short title, extent and commencement. 

2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER-II 

OFFICERS AND POWERS 

3.  Officers. 

4.  Superintendence and control of officers. 

CHAPTER-III 

SURVEY, MAPPING AND IDENTIFICATION 

5.  Identification of abadi deh area. 

6.  Survey and mapping. 

CHAPTER-IV 

STANDING RECORD OF RIGHTS AND ITS MAKING 

7.  Standing record of rights. 

8.  Inquiry by the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer. 

9.  Preparation of standing record of rights. 

10.  Display of record. 

11.  Raising of objections and decision. 

CHAPTER-V 

APPEAL, REVIEW AND REVISION 

12.  Appeal. 

13.  Review. 

14.  Revision by Financial Commissioner. 

CHAPTER-VI 

TRANSFER OF RECORD 

15.  Transfer of record to the District Collector. 

16.  Application of Chapter IV of Revenue Act. 

17.  Application of Chapter VIII of Revenue Act. 



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CHAPTER-VII 

PARTITION 

18.  Partition of survey units. 

19.  Disputes as to partition. 

CHAPTER-VIII 

MISCELLANEOUS 

20.  Summons. 

21.  Presumption in favour of entries in the standing record of 

rights. 

22.  Suit for declaratory decree by persons aggrieved by an entry 

in a record. 

23.  Correction of clerical errors. 

24.  Protection of action taken in good faith. 

25.  Power to remove difficulties. 

26.  Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts. 

27.  Powers of officers to enter upon land, dwelling and habitation 

areas, survey units for the purposes of survey and 

demarcation. 

28.  Penalty for destruction, dismantling or removal of survey 

marks and demarcation. 

29.  Power to make rules. 

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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH ABADI DEH (RECORD OF RIGHTS) 

ACT, 2021 

(ACT NO. 2 OF 2022)
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(Received the assent of the Governor on the 2
nd

 February, 2022 and 

was published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh 

(e-Gazette), dated 10
th
 February, 2022, pp. 7729-7751). 

An Act to provide for recording and resolving of proprietary rights of the 

abadi deh area in the revenue estates and for matters connected 

therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the 

Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-  

 

                                                           
1.  Passed in Hindi and English by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For 

Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (E-

Gazette), dated 17
th
 December, 2021, pp. 6154 and 6164. 



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CHAPTER-I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be 

called the Himachal Pradesh Abadi deh (Record of Rights) Act, 2021. 

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh. 

(3) It shall come into force with immediate effect. 

2. Definitions.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-  

(a)  “abadi deh” means the site recorded as such in the Record of 

Rights prepared and maintained under the Revenue Act, 

which is not assessed to land revenue; 

(b)  “Appointed day” means the twentieth day of April, 2020; 

(c)  “Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer” means a 

Revenue Officer not below the rank of Naib-Tehsildar under 

the Revenue Act, notified to perform functions under this 

Act; 

(d)  “Assistant Survey Officer” means an officer appointed by the 

Government to act and perform functions under this Act; 

(e)  “Chief Recording and Resolution Officer” means the 

Collector of the district under the Revenue Act, notified to 

perform functions under this Act; 

(f)  “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the division 

under the Revenue Act, notified to perform functions under 

this Act; 

(g)  “Common area” means an area or building within the abadi 

deh used for any common need, convenience or benefit of the 

community and includes roads, paths, streets, public parks, 

drains, public toilets, ponds and tanks, wells, water courses, 

play grounds, bus stand or waiting places, places used for 

public sittings and gatherings or for any such other purposes 

used by the inhabitants, and any vacant site or plot not owned 

or possessed by any person; but does not include a building or 

area which houses an institution under the control of the 

Central or State Government; 

(h)  “Financial Commissioner” means the Financial 

Commissioner (Revenue) Himachal Pradesh notified to 

perform the functions under this Act; 

(i)  “Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; 

(j)  “notification or notified” means a notification published in 

the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh; 



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(k)  “Panchayat” means a Panchayat constituted under the 

Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994; (4 of 1994). 

(l)  “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(m)  “proprietary right” means the right of ownership recorded in 

the name of a person, Panchayat, Urban Local Body, Central 

or State Government, juristic person or any other entity but 

does not include the rights of tenant, lessee, mortgagee or any 

other right which does not confer ownership; 

(n)  “Recording and Resolution Officer” means a revenue officer 

not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Collector, notified to 

perform functions under this Act: 

(o)  “Revenue Act” means the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue 

Act, 1954; (6 of 1954). 

(p)  “Revenue Officer” means a revenue officer exercising the 

powers under the Revenue Act; 

(q) “section” means section of this Act; 

(r)  “Survey Officer” means an officer appointed by the 

Government to act and perform functions under this Act; 

(s)  “survey unit” means the area within the abadi deh, to which a 

survey number is assigned under this Act; 

(t)  „Urban Local Body‟ means a Municipal Corporation, 

Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat, constituted under 

the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (12 

of 1994) and Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994 (13 of 

1994) respectively; and 

(u)  “Village Committee” means the committee nominated in the 

village or area under urban local body, as the case may be, by 

the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, with its 

composition as prescribed to identify the ownership of survey 

units and common areas set apart for common purposes with 

the abadi deh. 

(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in 

the Revenue Act have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. 

CHAPTER-II 

OFFICERS AND POWERS 

3. Officers.- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, there shall be 

the following officers notified to perform the functions and exercise powers 

under this Act, namely:-  

(a)  Financial Commissioner; 

(b)  Commissioner; 



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(c)  Chief Recording and Resolution Officer; 

(d)  Recording and Resolution Officer; 

(e)  Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer; 

(f)  Survey Officer; and 

(g)  Assistant Survey Officer. 

(2) Subject to the provision of this Act, the officers mentioned in 

clauses (a), (b), (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall have, for the purposes of 

discharging their functions under this Act, the same powers as are vested in a 

civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (5 of 1908) in respect of 

the following matters, namely:-  

(a)  the summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person 

and examining him; 

(b)  requiring the discovery and production of documents; 

(c)  receiving evidence on affidavit; 

(d)  subject to the provisions of sections 123 and 124 of the Indian 

Evidence Act, 1872, (1 of 1872) requisitioning any public 

record or document or copy of such record or document from 

any office; and 

(e)  issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or 

documents. 

4. Superintendence and control of officers.- (1) The 

superintendence and control over all officers in their administrative 

functioning under this Act shall vest in the Financial Commissioner, and all 

such officers shall be subordinate to him. 

(2) Subject to the superintendence and control of the Financial 

Commissioner, the Commissioner shall control all other officers under this 

Act, in his division. 

(3) Subject to the superintendence and control of the Financial 

Commissioner, the Chief Recording and Resolution Officer shall control all 

other officers under this Act, in his district. 

(4) Subject to aforesaid and to the control of the Chief Recording and 

Resolution Officer, the Recording and Resolution Officer shall control all 

other officers under this Act, in his sub-division. 

CHAPTER-III 

SURVEY, MAPPING AND IDENTIFICATON 

5. Identification of abadi deh area.- The Government may, by 

notification, specify any abadi deh in a district, sub-division of a district, 

Urban Local Body or a village as an area for the purpose of identifying, 

recording and resolving the rights in each survey unit. 



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6. Survey and mapping.- (1) The Government shall appoint a Survey 

Officer and an Assistant Survey Officer to assist him, for each area notified 

under section 5 to conduct a survey in the manner as may be prescribed. 

(2) The Government, upon notifying areas of which the standing 

record of rights within an abadi deh is to be prepared, shall itself or through a 

notified agency get a survey conducted and mapping done of such area to 

determine the boundary of the abadi deh, define the area and dimension of 

each survey unit, and assign a unique survey number to each such unit. 

(3) The survey reports and maps prepared of the area shall be 

submitted to the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer for the purpose 

of preparing the standing record of rights in the survey units. 

CHAPTER-IV 

STANDING RECORD OF RIGHTS AND ITS MAKING 

7. Standing record of rights.- (1) There shall be a standing record of 

rights for each abadi deh area, which shall comprise the following namely:-  

(a)  the record of proprietary rights of each survey unit prepared 

under this Chapter; 

(b) the survey reports and maps prepared under Chapter III with 

dimensions; 

(c)  the record of proceedings of the meetings of the Village 

Committee; 

(d)  such other document as may be prescribed or notified; and 

(e)  genealogical tree (Shajra Nasab). 

8. Inquiry by the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer.- (1) 

The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, on his being designated as 

such, shall constitute a Village Committee for identifying the proprietary 

rights of the proprietors in the survey units. 

(2) The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, in respect of the 

abadi deh of which the standing record of rights is to be prepared, shall inform 

the inhabitants of the area, in the manner prescribed, about the proposal to 

prepare such record for each of the survey unit. 

9. Preparation of standing record of rights.- (1) The Assistant 

Recording and Resolution Officer, after deliberations and consultations with 

the Village Committee and hearing the parties interested, shall, in a summary 

manner, and as may be prescribed, record the proposed entries of proprietors 

and their proprietary rights and of the boundaries of the survey unit in the 

standing record of rights, as on the appointed day. 

(2) The entry of proprietor and his proprietary rights shall be recorded 

by the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer in the name of,-  

(a)  the owner of the built up dwelling and residential areas 

including its open or enclosed court yards, other vacant land 



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and plots of owners not being a common area, shops and 

other establishment; 

(b)  the Panchayat and the Urban Local Body for the common 

area, vacant land or plot not owned by any person; and 

(c)  the Central, State Government, juristic person or other entity 

in respect of the land or institutions owned by it. 

(3) In the conduct of exercise of powers under sub-sections (1) and 

(2) if a survey unit is found to be sub-divided, which escaped the attention of 

the Survey Officer, the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer shall 

assign a unique number to each such survey unit. 

(4) The rights acquired under this Act, shall not entitle the owner to 

acquire status of an agriculturist or a scheduled tribe for the purpose of section 

118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 (8 of 

1974) or Himachal Pradesh Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act, 1968 (15 of 

1969). 

10. Display of record.- The survey map prepared under section 6 and 

the record of entries of proprietors in a survey unit prepared under section 9, 

shall be displayed at a conspicuous place in the village or within the area of 

the Urban Local Body and a copy thereof supplied to the Panchayat through 

the Ward Member of the village or the elected representative of the Urban 

Local Body or the Secretary in the absence such elected members of the 

Urban Local Body, as the case may be, in the manner, as may be prescribed. 

11. Raising of objections and decision.- (1) A person aggrieved by 

the demarcation of any boundary in the survey record, or an entry regarding 

the proprietary rights in the standing record of rights in a survey unit, may, 

within thirty days from the date of display of record under section 10, file 

objections about the correctness thereof before the Assistant Recording and 

Resolution Officer. 

(2) The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer after hearing the 

parties and perusing the record, if any, shall make necessary correction of the 

boundaries in the survey map, and ascertain the persons best entitled to be 

recorded as the proprietor in the survey unit, and within sixty days of the 

expiry of the period under sub-section (1), pass an order in this regard by 

recording reasons. 

Explanation.- The recording of the proprietary rights of a person in a 

survey unit shall not be conclusive proof of ownership and shall be subject to 

corrections and alterations in appeal or revision under this Act or also the 

rights so determined by a judgment and order of a court of competent 

jurisdiction. 

(3) An entry recorded in the standing record of rights under section 9, 

if no objection is filed within the period provided under sub-section (1), shall 

be treated as final. 



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(4) The Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer shall thereafter in 

the manner prescribed, publish the record as finalized, which shall incorporate 

an order that may be passed under sub-section (2). 

(5) The standing record of rights finalized by the Assistant Recording 

and Resolution Officer shall be amended or modified in the event of an order 

passed under sub-section (2) is set aside, modified or reversed in appeal, 

review or revision. 

CHAPTER-V 

APPEAL, REVIEW AND REVISION 

12. Appeal.- (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the 

Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer under section 11 may, within 

thirty days of the passing of such order, file an appeal before the Recording 

and Resolution Officer. 

(2) The Recording and Resolution Officer after hearing the parties 

interested and likely to be affected either accept the appeal or dismiss the 

same by passing a reasoned order. 

(3) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Recording and 

Resolution Officer under sub-section (2) may, within thirty days of the 

passing of such order, appeal to the Commissioner, who shall after hearing the 

parties interested and likely to be affected either accept the appeal or dismiss 

the same by passing a reasoned order. 

(4) Appeals under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be decided by the 

Recording and Resolution Officer and the Commissioner, as the case may be, 

within sixty days from the date the respondent puts in appearance after notice 

or is proceeded against ex-parte unless for reasons to be recorded in writing it 

is directed otherwise: 

Provided that,-  

(a)  when an original order is confirmed on first appeal, a further 

appeal shall not lie; and 

(b)  when any such order is modified or reversed on appeal by the 

Recording and Resolution Officer, the order made by the 

Commissioner on further appeal, if any, to him shall be final. 

(5) An appellate authority shall not remand a case except where it is 

established from the record that an adverse order has been passed against a 

necessary party who was not duly served. 

13. Review.- (1) Where there is a mistake or error apparent on the 

face of record or where some new and important fact or evidence is 

discovered, the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, the Recording 

and Resolution Officer and the Commissioner, may within sixty days of the 

order sought to be reviewed either on their own motion or on the application 

of a party interested, after notice to the party likely to be affected and giving 



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reasonable hearing, review, and on so reviewing, modify, reverse or confirm 

any order passed by himself or his predecessor in office: 

Provided that,-  

(a)  when an Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer finds it 

necessary to review any order, he shall first obtain the 

sanction of the Recording and Resolution Officer; 

(b)  when a Recording and Resolution Officer finds it necessary to 

review any order, he shall first obtain the sanction of the 

Chief Recording and Resolution Officer; 

(c)  when any such order is modified or reversed on review by the 

Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer, or the Recording 

and Resolution Officer, an appeal shall lie against the order of 

the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer to the 

Recording and Resolution Officer, and from the order of the 

Recording and Resolution Officer to the Commissioner, and 

the order on such appeal shall be final; 

(d)  an order against which an appeal or revision has been 

preferred shall not be reviewed; and 

(e)  an appeal shall not lie from an order refusing or granting 

permission to review or confirming on review a previous 

order. 

(2) Save in the cases of clerical or arithmetical mistakes arising from 

any accidental slip or omission, no application for review shall lie under this 

section against an order passed by the Financial Commissioner under section 

14. 

14. Revision by Financial Commissioner.- The Financial 

Commissioner may, on an application of an aggrieved party, within sixty days 

of an order being passed, or on his own motion, call for and examine the 

records relating to any order passed or proceedings taken under this Act for 

the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of such order 

of proceedings and after hearing the affected parties, may pass such order in 

relation thereto as he may deem fit and modify, reverse or confirm any order 

passed under this Act. 

CHAPTER-VI 

TRANSFER OF RECORD 

15. Transfer of record to the District Collector.- After preparation 

and finalization of the standing record of rights of the abadi deh area, it shall 

be attested by the Assistant Recording and Resolution Officer and transferred 

to the District Collector for maintaining and revising it under the Revenue 

Act. 



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16. Application of Chapter IV of Revenue Act.- The provisions of 

Chapter IV of the Revenue Act after transfer of the record under section 15 

shall apply mutatis mutandis to such record. 

17. Application of Chapter VIII of Revenue Act.- The provisions of 

Chapter VIII of the Revenue Act, rules framed thereunder and instructions 

issued from time shall apply mutatis mutandis for demarcation of a survey 

unit or part thereof after transfer of the record under section 15 of this Act. 

CHAPTER-VII 

PARTITION 

18. Partition of survey units.- A partition of survey units comprised 

in abadi deh may be allowed by a Revenue Officer after the standing record of 

rights has been transferred, and only if the partition has been affirmed by all 

interested parties with a map showing the proposed partition signed by all 

persons having proprietary rights: 

Provided that the Revenue Officer after examining such of the co-

proprietors of the survey unit and other persons may, if he is of the opinion 

that the survey unit is impartible or the partition is impractical and there is 

good and sufficient cause why partition should be disallowed, refuse to 

partition the survey unit by recording the grounds of his refusal. 

19. Disputes as to partition.- An application for the partition of a 

survey unit, in the event of a dispute, shall not lie before the Revenue Officer; 

and the party aggrieved may approach the civil court for partition. 

CHAPTER-VIII 

MISCELLANEOUS 

20. Summons.- (1) A summon issued by an officer appointed under 

this Act shall be served personally, on the person to whom it is addressed, or 

failing him,-  

(a)  his recognized agent; or 

(b)  an adult member of his family usually residing with him. 

(2) A summon may also be served by pasting a copy thereof at the 

usual or last known place of residence of the person to whom it is addressed. 

(3) A summon may, if an officer appointed under this Act so directs, 

be served on the person named therein, either in addition to, or in substitution 

for, any other mode of service, by forwarding the summons by post in a letter 

addressed to the person and registered under Chapter VI of the Indian Post 

Office Act, 1898, (6 of 1898) or sent through a reputed courier agency 

notified by the Government in this regard. 

(4) When a summon is so forwarded in a letter, and it is proved that 

the letter was properly addressed and duly posted and registered, the officer 

appointed under this Act may presume that the summons was served at the 

time when receipt of its delivery is furnished: 



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Provided that if the summons relates to a case in which persons 

having the same interest are so numerous that personal service on all of them 

is not reasonably practicable, it may, in the first instance and if the officer 

appointed under this Act so directs, be served by delivery of a copy thereof to 

such of those persons as the officer appointed under this Act nominates in this 

behalf, and by publications of the contents thereof in a daily newspaper 

having wide circulation, for the information of the other persons interested. 

(5) The summons may also be served through Short Message Service, 

email, or through other electronic modes at the phone number or email 

address otherwise known or made known, to the officer appointed under this 

Act: 

Provided that if service is affected through any of the above modes, a 

printout of the delivery of summons shall be placed on the record. 

(6) A notice, order of proclamation or copy of any such document, 

issued by an officer under this Act for service on any person shall be served in 

the manner provided in this section for the service of a summons. 

(7) Any of the modes of service provided in sub-sections (2), (3), (5) 

or (6) may be adopted simultaneously in addition to the mode of service 

provided in sub-section (1). 

21. Presumption in favour of entries in the standing record of 

rights.- Any entry made in a standing record of rights in accordance with the 

provisions of this Act shall be presumed to be true until the contrary is proved 

or a new entry is lawfully substituted therefore. 

22. Suit for declaratory decree by persons aggrieved by an entry 

in a record.- If any person considers himself aggrieved as to any right of 

which he is in possession by an entry in a standing record of rights, he may 

institute a suit for a declaration of his right under Chapter VI of the Specific 

Relief Act, 1963 (47 of 1963). 

23. Correction of clerical errors.- The clerical or arithmetical 

mistakes in any order passed by any officer under this Act may, at any time be 

corrected by the authority concerned either of its own motion or on the 

application of any of the parties and an intimation of such correction shall be 

made to the parties free of any charges and also to the concerned officer for its 

implementation. 

24. Protection of action taken in good faith.- No suit, prosecution or 

other legal proceedings shall lie against any officer under this Act or any 

official acting under the directions of such officer, for anything which is in 

good faith done or intended to be done under the provisions of this Act or any 

rule made thereunder. 

25. Power to remove difficulties.- (1) If any difficulty arises in 

giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order 

published in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh, make such 

provision, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear 



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to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period 

of two years from the date of commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be, after 

it is made, be laid before the State Legislature. 

26. Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts.- Except as otherwise 

provided in this Act, no civil court shall entertain any suit instituted or 

application made to obtain a decision or order in respect, of any matter which 

the Government or any officer is by this Act empowered to determine or 

dispose of. 

27. Powers of officers to enter upon land, dwelling and habitation 

areas, survey units for the purposes of survey and demarcation.- The 

officers under this Act and any person acting under their orders may, in the 

discharge of any duty under this Act, enter upon and survey land in the 

manner prescribed, put and erect survey marks thereon and demarcate the 

boundaries thereof and do all other such acts necessary for the proper 

performance of that duty. 

28. Penalty for destruction, dismantling or removal of survey 

marks and demarcation.- (1) If any person willfully destroy, dismantles or 

without lawful authority removes a survey or demarcation mark lawfully 

erected or put, he may be ordered by the Recording and Resolution Officer to 

pay such fine not exceeding Rupees two thousand for each mark so destroyed, 

dismantled or removed, and in the case of repetition of such an act, a fine not 

exceeding Rupees five thousand for each survey mark, as may, in the opinion 

of that officer, be necessary to defray the expenses of restoring the same and 

rewarding the person, if any, who gave information of the destruction, 

dismantling or removal. 

(2) The amount of fine levied under sub-section (1), if not paid in the 

manner prescribed, shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue under the 

Revenue Act. 

(3) The imposition of a fine under this section shall not bar a 

prosecution under section 434 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860) or 

prosecution of the offender under any other law for the time being in force. 

29. Power to make rules.- (1) The Government may, by notification, 

in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh, make rules for carrying out the 

purposes of this Act. 

(2) Every rule made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be 

after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a 

total period of not less than ten days which may be comprised in one session 

or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session 

in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Assembly 

makes any modification in the rule or decides 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 



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amendment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously 

done under that rule. 

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