Section 14 — Power to make rules.

14. Power to make rules.–(1) The Central Government may, by notification, and subject to the 

condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. 

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may 

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

(a) procedural details for implementation of the procedure specified in section 6; 

(b) the procedure for receiving claims, consolidating and verifying them and preparing a map 

delineating the area of each recommended claim for exercise of forest rights under sub-section (1) of 

section 6 and the manner of preferring a petition to the Sub-Divisional Committee under sub-section 

(2) of that section; 

(c) the level of officers of the departments of Revenue, Forest and Tribal Affairs of the State 

Government to be appointed as members of the Sub-Divisional Level Committee, the District Level 

Committee and the State Level Monitoring Committee under sub-section (8) of section 6; 

(d) the composition and functions of the Sub-Divisional Level Committee, the District Level 

Committee and the State Level Monitoring Committee and the procedure to be followed by them in 

the discharge of their functions under sub-section (9) of section 6; 

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

  



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(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act 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. 

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