(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for--

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(a) the form of application for savings certificates and the issue and discharge of such certificates;

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(b) the maximum limits of holdings;

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(c) the conditions as to payment of interest or discount relating to any class of savings certificates and the recovery of any interest paid on any amount held in excess of the maximum limits in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue or in any other manner;

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(d) the transfer and conversion of savings certificates and the fees to be levied in respect thereof;

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(e) the replacement of savings certificates mutilated, lost or destroyed and the fees payable in respect thereof;

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(f) the form of nominations, the manner in which and the conditions subject to which nominations may be made and the registration of nominations;

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(g) the manner in which any person may be appointed for the purposes of sub-section (3) of section 6;

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(h) the variation or cancellation of nominations and the registration of such variations or cancellations;

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(i) the fees that may be levied for registration, variation or cancellation of nominations;

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¹[(ia) the limit under sub-section (4) of section 7;]

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(j) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.

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(3) Every rule made under this section 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 ²[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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(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--

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(a) specify the form and manner in which warning shall be given in respect of cigarettes or other tobacco products under clause (o) of section 3;

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(b) specify the maximum permissible nicotine and tar contents in cigarettes or other tobacco products under the proviso to sub-section (5) of section 7;

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(c) specify the manner in which the specified warning shall be inscribed on each package of cigarettes or other tobacco products or its label under sub-section (2) of section 8;

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(d) specify the height of the letter or figure or both to be used in specified warning or to indicate the nicotine and tar contents in cigarettes or other tobacco products under section 10;

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(e) provide for the manner in which entry into and search of any premises is to be conducted and the manner in which the seizure of any package of cigarettes or other tobacco products shall be made and the manner in which seizure list shall be prepared and delivered to the person from whose custody any package of cigarettes or other tobacco products has been seized;

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(f) provide for any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.

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(3) Every rule made under this Act and every notification made under section 30 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 notification or both Houses agree that the rule or notification should not be made, the rule or notification 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 or notification.

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(1) No person shall, directly or indirectly, produce, supply or distribute cigarettes or any other tobacco products unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products produced, supplied or distributed by him bears thereon, or on its label ¹[such specified warning including a pictorial warning as may be prescribed.]

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(2) No person shall carry on trade or commerce in cigarettes or any other tobacco products unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products sold, supplied or distributed by him bears thereon, or on its label, the specified warning.

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(3) No person shall import cigarettes or any other tobacco products for distribution or supply for a valuable consideration or for sale in India unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products so imported by him bears thereon, or on its label, the specified warning.

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(4) The specified warning shall appear on not less than one of the largest panels of the package in which cigarettes or any other tobacco products have been packed for distribution, sale or supply for a valuable consideration.

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(5) No person shall, directly or indirectly, produce, supply or distribute cigarettes or any other tobacco products unless every package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products produced, supplied or distributed by him indicates thereon, or on its label, the nicotine and tar contents on each cigarette or as the case may be on other tobacco products along with the maximum permissible limits thereof:

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Provided that the nicotine and tar contents shall not exceed the maximum permissible quantity thereof as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.

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(1) This Act may be called the Right to Information Act, 2005.

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(2) It extends to the whole of India ¹***.

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(3) The provisions of sub-section (1) of section 4, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 5, sections 12, 13, 15,16, 24, 27 and 28 shall come into force at once, and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on the one hundred and twentieth day of its enactment.

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(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

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(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for--

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(a) the form of application for savings certificates and the issue and discharge of such certificates;

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(b) the maximum limits of holdings;

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(c) the conditions as to payment of interest or discount relating to any class of savings certificates and the recovery of any interest paid on any amount held in excess of the maximum limits in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue or in any other manner;

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(d) the transfer and conversion of savings certificates and the fees to be levied in respect thereof;

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(e) the replacement of savings certificates mutilated, lost or destroyed and the fees payable in respect thereof;

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(f) the form of nominations, the manner in which and the conditions subject to which nominations may be made and the registration of nominations;

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(g) the manner in which any person may be appointed for the purposes of sub-section (3) of section 6;

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(h) the variation or cancellation of nominations and the registration of such variations or cancellations;

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(i) the fees that may be levied for registration, variation or cancellation of nominations;

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¹[(ia) the limit under sub-section (4) of section 7;]

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(j) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.

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(3) Every rule made under this section 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 ²[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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