Section 15. Power to make rules.

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

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

(a) prescribe additional matters to be included in the Schedule, and the procedure to be followed in modifying standing orders certified under this Act in accordance with any such addition;

(b) set out model standing orders for the purposes of this Act;

(d) prescribe the fee which may be charged for copies of standing orders entered in the register of standing orders;

(e) provide for any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed:

Provided that before any rules are made under clause (a) representatives of both employers and workmen shall be consulted by the appropriate Government.

^1[(3) Every rule made by the Central Government 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. This Act has been extended to—(i) Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and the Sch.(ii) Pondicherry by Regulation 7 of 1963, s. 3 and the Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-10-1963), and(iii) the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep, vide Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and the Sch.The Act has been amended in its application to—(i) Maharashtra by Maharashtra Act 54 of 1974.(ii) Mysore by Mysore Act 37 of 1975.(iii) Madras by Madras Act 24 of 1960, and(iv) Andhra Pradesh by A. P. Act 9 of 1969.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “all the Provinces of India”.
3. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
4. Subs. by Act 16 of 1961, s. 2, for sub-section (3).
5. Second proviso omitted by Act 39 of 1963, s. 2 (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
6. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).

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1. Subs. by Act 39 of 1963, s. 3, for cl. (a) (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Federal railway”.
3. Added by Act 18 of 1982, s. 2 (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).
4.Subs. by Act 16 of 1961, s.3, for cl. (c).
5.Subs. by s. 3, ibid.,“for clause (e) of sub-clause (1) of section 9 of Factories Act, 1934 (25 of 1934)”.
6. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sub-clause (ii)

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1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 2 for cl. (i) (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).

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1. Subs. by Act 36 of 1956, s. 32 for “shall not be the function” (w.e.f.17-9-1956).
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 3, for “Any person” (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).
3. Subs. by Act 16 of 1961, s. 4, for “twenty-one days”.

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1. Ins. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 4 (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).

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1. Subs. by Act 36 of 1956, s. 32, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 17-9-1956).
2. Certain words omitted by Act 39 of 1963, s. 4 (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
3. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
4. Ins. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 5 (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).

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1. S. 11 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 39 of 1963, s. 5 (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 6, for “sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)”(w.e.f. 17-5-1982).
3. Ins. by Act 39 of 1963, s. 5 (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).
4. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).

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1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 7, for “a Metropolitation Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate of the second class” (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).
2. Ins. by Act 36 of 1956, s. 32 (w.e.f. 10-3-1957).
3. Ins. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 8 (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).
4. Subs. by Act 39 of 1963, s. 7, for s. 14A (w.e.f. 23-12-1963).

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1. Ins. by Act 16 of 1961, s. 6.
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 1982, s. 9, for certain words (w.e.f. 17-5-1982).