Where, by any Bombay Act 1[or Maharashtra Act], a power to make rules or by-laws is expressed to be given subject to the condition of the rules or by-laws being made after previous publication, then the following provisions shall apply, namely :-
(a) the authority having power to make the rules or by-laws shall, before making them, publish a draft of the proposed rules or by-laws for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby;
(b) the publication shall be made in such manner as that authority deems to be sufficient or, if the condition with respect to previous publication so requires, in such manner as the 2[Central Government, or as the case may be, the 3[State] Government] prescribes;
(c) there shall be published with the draft, a notice specifying a date on or after which the draft will be taken into consideration ;
(d) the authority having power to make the rules or by-laws, and, where the rules or by-laws are to be made with the sanction, approval or concurrence of another authority, that authority also, shall consider any objection or suggestion which may be received by the authority having power to make the rules or by-laws from any person with respect to the draft before the date so specified;
(e) the publication in the 4[Official Gazette] of a rule or by-law purporting to have been made in exercise of a power to make rules or by-laws after previous publication shall be conclusive proof that the rule or by-law has been duly made.
(a) the authority having power to make the rules or by-laws shall, before making them, publish a draft of the proposed rules or by-laws for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby;
(b) the publication shall be made in such manner as that authority deems to be sufficient or, if the condition with respect to previous publication so requires, in such manner as the 2[Central Government, or as the case may be, the 3[State] Government] prescribes;
(c) there shall be published with the draft, a notice specifying a date on or after which the draft will be taken into consideration ;
(d) the authority having power to make the rules or by-laws, and, where the rules or by-laws are to be made with the sanction, approval or concurrence of another authority, that authority also, shall consider any objection or suggestion which may be received by the authority having power to make the rules or by-laws from any person with respect to the draft before the date so specified;
(e) the publication in the 4[Official Gazette] of a rule or by-law purporting to have been made in exercise of a power to make rules or by-laws after previous publication shall be conclusive proof that the rule or by-law has been duly made.
Source footnotes
1. These words were inserted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.2. The words "Central Government or as the case may be, the Provincial Government", were substituted for the word "Local Government", by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
3. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
4. The words "Official Gazette" were substituted for the words "Bombay Government Gazette" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.
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Section 1 · Short title.Section 1A · Extension of application of Act to Acts, rules, etc., made on or after the 1st day of November, 1956.Section 1B · Extension of application of Act to Acts, rules, etc., of State of Maharashtra.Section 2 · Repeal.Section 3 · Definitions.Section 4 · Application of certain foregoing definitions to previous Bombay Acts.Section 5 · Coming into operation of Bombay Acts or Maharashtra Acts.Section 6 · Printing of date on which Act is published after having received the assent of the Governor, Governor-General, or His Majesty as the case may require.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 19 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.