THE RAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY ACT, 1975                                                                                                                                        

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS                                                                                                            

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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 

2. Declaration of Rampur Raza Library as an institution of national importance. 

3. Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

RAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY BOARD 

4. Establishment and incorporation of Board. 

5. Composition of Board. 

6. Term of office and fresh nomination in certain cases. 

7. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate acts. 

8. Duty of Government nominating persons. 

9. Meetings of Board. 

10. Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes. 

11. Authentication of orders and other instruments of Board. 

12. Staff of Board. 

13. Transfer of service of existing employees to Board. 

14. Location of library. 

CHAPTER III 

PROPERTY, LIABILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF BOARD 

15. Properties and liabilities of Board. 

16. Duties of Board. 

17. Powers of Board. 

CHAPTER IV 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND REPORTS 

18. Grants by Central Government to Board. 

19. Fund of Board. 

20. Budget. 

21. Accounts and audit. 

22. Returns and reports. 

CHAPTER V 

MISCELLANEOUS 

23. Power of Central Government to issue directions to Board. 

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SECTIONS 

24. Delegation of powers and duties. 

25. Officers and employees of Board to be public servants. 

26. Protection of action taken under the Act. 

27. Power of Central Government to make rules. 

28. Power of Board to make regulations. 

29. Act to override other enactments and instruments. 

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THE RAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY ACT, 1975 

ACT NO. 22 OF 1975 

An  Act  to  declare  the  Rampur  Raza  Library  to  be  an  institution  of  national  importance  and  to 

provide for its administration and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[9th May, 1975.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Rampur Raza Library Act, 1975. 
(2) It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1 as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. Declaration of Rampur Raza Library as an institution of national importance.—It is hereby 

declared that the Rampur Raza Library, at Rampur, is an institution of national importance. 

3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the contest otherwise requires,— 

(a) “Board” means the Board established under section 4; 

(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board; 

(c) “deed of trust” means the deed of trust executed by the late Nawab Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan 
Bahadur of Rampur, on the 6th August, 1951, and registered as No. 103, Book IV, Volume No. 8, on 
pages 74 to 93 of the Office of the officiating Chief Sub-Registrar, Rampur; 

(d) “Fund” means the Fund referred to in section 19; 

(e) “library” means the Rampur Raza Library, which is declared by this Act to be an institution of 

national importance; 

(f)  “member”  means  a  member  of  the  Board  and  includes  the  Chairman,  and  also  includes  the 

Vice-Chairman, if any; 

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

(h) “Rampur” means the headquarters of the District of Rampur in the State of Uttar Pradesh; 

(i) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Uttar Pradesh. 

CHAPTER II 

RAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY BOARD 

4.  Establishment  and  incorporation  of  Board.—(1) With  effect  from  such  date  as  the  Central 
Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  appoint,  there  shall  be  established,  for  the 
purposes of this Act, a Board, to be known as the “Rampur Raza Library Board”. 

(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a 
common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property 
and to contract, and may, by that name, sue and, be sued. 

5. Composition of Board.—(1) The Board shall consist of the following persons, namely:— 

(a) the Governor of the State of Uttar Pradesh, ex officio, who shall be the Chairman; 

1.  1st  July,  1975,  vide  notification  No.  G.S.R.  354(E),  dated  26th  June,  1975,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,  Part  II,          

sec. 3(i). 

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(b) Shri Syed Murtaza Ali Khan, for life, who shall be the Vice-Chairman; 

(c) Colonel Bashir Hussain Zaidi, for life; 

(d) the Accountant-General, Uttar Pradesh, ex officio; 

(e) a descendant of the late Nawab Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur, to be nominated 

by the Central Government; 

(f) four persons to be nominated by the Central Government, out of whom— 

(i) two  shall  be  persons  who,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Central  Government,  have  expert 
knowledge with regard to the collections in the library or are distinguished historians or scholars 
of Arabic, Persian or Urdu, 

(ii) one shall be an officer, not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of 

India in the Department dealing with matters connected with the library, 

(iii) one  shall  be  a  person  who,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Central  Government,  has  expert 

knowledge of, and experience in, management of public libraries; 

(g) the Collector and District Magistrate, Rampur, ex officio; 

(h) three other persons, of whom at least two shall be scholars of repute, to be nominated by the 

State Government; 

(i) the Director of the Library, ex officio, who shall be the Member-Secretary. 

(2)  Every  nomination  made  under  this  section  shall  be  notified  by  the  Central  Government  in  the 

Official Gazette and every nomination so notified shall take effect from the date of the notification. 

6.  Term  of  office  and  fresh  nomination  in  certain  cases.—(1)  The  term  of  office  of  nominated 

members shall be such as may be prescribed. 

(2)  Any  nominated  member  may  resign  his  office  by  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  Government 
nominating  him,  and  on  such  resignation  being  notified  by  the  Central  Government  in  the  Official 
Gazette, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office on the date of publication of such notification. 

(3) If the office of any nominated member is vacated before the expiry of the term of his office, the 
resulting  vacancy  may  be  filled  by  fresh  nomination  by  the  Government  by  which  such  member  was 
nominated, and the member so nominated shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the 
member in whose place he is nominated. 

(4) An outgoing member shall be eligible for re-nomination. 

(5) If any nominated member is, by infirmity or otherwise, rendered temporarily incapable of carrying 
out his duties or is absent on lave or otherwise in circumstances not involving the vacation of his office, 
the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, may nominate another person to act 
in his place during his absence. 

7.  Vacancies,  etc.,  not  to  invalidate  acts.—No  act  of  the  Board  shall  be  invalid  merely  by         

reason of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Board, or 

(b) any defect in the nomination of a person acting as a member thereof, or 

(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case. 

8. Duty of Government nominating persons.—(1) Before nominating a person to be a member of 
the Board, the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, shall satisfy itself that 
the person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the exercise or 
performance by him of his functions as a member, and the Central Government or the State Government, 
as the case may be, shall also satisfy itself from time to time with respect to every member nominated by 
it  that  he  has  no  such  interest;  and  any  person  who  is  or  whom  the  Central  Government  or  the  State 
Government,  as  the  case  may  be,  proposes  to  nominate  and  who  has  consented  to  be  a  member  shall, 

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whenever  requested  by  the  Central  Government  or  the  State  Government  so  to  do,  furnish  to  it  such 
information  with  regard  to  his  financial  or  other  interest  in  the  library  as  that  Government  considers 
necessary for the performance by it of its duties under this sub-section. 

(2) A nominated member who is, in any way, whether directly or indirectly, concerned or interested 
in a contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement, entered into or to be entered into, by or 
on  behalf  of  the  Board  shall,  as  soon  as  possible,  after  relevant  circumstances  have  come  to  his 
knowledge, disclose the nature of his concern or interest at a meeting of the Board and the disclosure shall 
be recorded in the minutes of the Board and the member shall not take any part after such disclosure in 
the discussion, or vote, on the contract or arrangement; and if he does vote, his vote shall be void. 

9. Meetings of Board.—(1) The Board shall meet at such times and places and shall, subject to the 
provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4), observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of 
business  at  its  meetings  (including  the  quorum  at  meetings)  as  may  be  provided  by  regulations  made 
under this Act. 

(2) The  Chairman  or,  in  his  absence,  the  Vice-Chairman,  if  any,  or  in  the  absence  of  both,  any 
member  chosen  by  the  members  present  from  amongst  themselves,  shall  preside  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Board. 

(3) If an officer of Government who is nominated as a member of the Board by virtue of his office is 
unable to attend any meeting of the Board, he may, with the previous approval of the Chairman, authorise 
in writing, any person to attend that meeting, but the person so authorised shall not be entitled to vote at 
that meeting. 

(4) All questions at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members 

present  and  voting  and  in  the  case  of  an  equality  of  votes,  the  Chairman  or,  in  his  absence,  the            
Vice-Chairman, if any, or, in the absence of both, the member presiding; shall have a second or casting 
vote. 

10. Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes.—(1) The Board may 
associate with itself in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by regulations made under 
this Act, any person whose assistance or advice it may desire to have with regard to the  performance of 
any of its functions under this Act. 

(2) A person associated with it by the Board under sub-section (1) for any purpose shall have the right 
to take part in the discussions of the Board relating to that purpose, but shall not, by virtue of this section, 
be entitled to vote. 

11. Authentication of orders and other instruments of Board.—(1) All orders and decisions of the 
Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, if any, or any other 
member  authorised  by  the  Board  in  this  behalf,  and  all  other  instruments  issued  by  the  Board  shall  be 
authenticated by the signature of an officer of the Board authorised in like manner in this behalf. 

(2) Orders,  decisions  or 

instruments  authenticated 

in  accordance  with 

the  provisions  of                  

sub-section (1) shall  be  evidence  of  the  matter  recorded  therein  and  shall  be  admissible  in  evidence 
notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), or in any other law for 
the time being in force. 

(3) Any member, officer or other employee of the Board or any other person interested in the library 
shall be entitled to be furnished, within seven days after he has made a request in that behalf to the library, 
with  a  copy  of  the  order,  decision  or  instrument  authenticated  in  the  manner  specified  in                       
sub-section (1), on payment of such fee as may be prescribed. 

12. Staff of Board.—(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the Board may, for the purpose 
of enabling it efficiently to perform its functions under this Act, appoint such number of officers and other 
employees as it may think fit. 

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(2) The recruitment and conditions of service of such officers and employees shall be such as may be 

provided by regulations made under this Act. 

13.  Transfer  of  service  of  existing  employees  to  Board.—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act, 
every person employed in the library immediately before the date of establishment of the Board shall, on 
and from such date, become an employee of the Board with such designation as the Board may determine 
and  shall  hold  his  office  or  service  therein by  the  same  tenure,  at  the  same  remuneration  and  upon  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  as  he  would  have  held  the  same  on  such  date  if  the  Board  had  not  been 
established and shall continue to do so unless and until his employment in the Board is duly terminated or 
until such tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions are duly altered by the Board: 

Provided that the tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions of service of any such person shall 

not be altered to his disadvantage without the previous approval of the Central Government. 

14.  Location  of  library.—The  library  and  the  collections  thereof  shall  continue  to  be  located  at 

Rampur. 

CHAPTER III 

PROPERTY, LIABILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF BOARD 

15. Properties and liabilities of Board.—(1) On the establishment of the Board— 

(i) all properties, funds and dues which are vested in, or realisable  by, the trustees of the library 
constituted by the deed of trust, in their capacity as such, shall vest in, and be realisable by, the Board; 
and 

(ii) all liabilities in relation to the library, which are enforceable against the said trustees, shall be 

enforceable only against the Board. 

(2) All properties, which may, after the establishment of the Board, be given, bequeathed or otherwise 

transferred to the library or acquired by the Board, shall vest in the Board. 

16. Duties of Board.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the deed of trust, it shall be the general duty of 
the  Board  to  manage  the  library  and  to  plan,  promote,  organise  and  implement  programmes  for  the 
development  of  the  library  on  modern  scientific  lines  (including  provision  of  adequate  facilities  for 
preservation  and  photo-duplication  of  rare  manuscripts)  and  to  perform  such  other  functions  as  the 
Central Government may, from time to time, assign to the Board. 

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Board may 

take such steps as it thinks fit— 

(a) to provide for instruction and research in matters relating to libraries and for the advancement 

of learning and dissemination of knowledge in such matters; 

(b) to protect, enlarge and improve the collections in the library; 

(c) to promote study and research and to provide facilities to scholars for this purpose; 

(d) to do all such other things as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions under this 

Act. 

17.  Powers  of  Board.—(1)  Subject  to  such  conditions  and  restrictions  as  the  Central  Government 
may think fit to impose, the Board may exercise all such powers as may be necessary or expedient for the 
purpose of carrying out its functions and duties under this Act. 

(2) Subject to such regulations as may be made by the Board in this behalf, the Board may, from time 
to time, purchase or otherwise acquire such manuscripts, books, articles or things as may, in the opinion 
of the Board, be worthy of preservation in the library. 

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CHAPTER IV 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND REPORTS 

18. Grants by Central Government to Board.—For the purpose of enabling the Board to discharge 
its  functions  efficiently  under  this  Act,  the  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament  by  law  in  this  behalf,  pay  to  the  Board  in  each  financial  year  such  sums  of  money  as  that 
Government considers necessary by way of grant, loan or otherwise. 

19. Fund of Board.—(1) The Board shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited— 

(a) all moneys paid to it by the Central Government; 

(b) such sums of money as the State Government may pay annually for specified purposes; 

(c) all fees and other charges levied by it under this Act; 

(d) all  moneys  received  by  the  Board  by  way  of  grant,  gift,  donation,  benefaction,  bequest, 

subscription, contribution or transfer; 

(e) all other money received by the Board in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) The Board may expend such sums as it thinks fit for performing its functions under this Act and 

such sums shall be treated as expenditure payable out of the Fund. 

(3) A sum of money, not exceeding such sum as may be specified by regulations made under this Act, 
shall  be  kept  in  current  account  with  any  nationalised  bank,  or  any  other  scheduled  or  other  bank 
approved  by  the  Central  Government  in  this  behalf,  but  any  moneys  in  excess  of  that  sum  shall  be 
deposited in the Reserve Bank of India or with the agents of the Reserve Bank of India or invested in such 
manner as may be generally or specially approved by the Central Government. 

Explanation.—In this sub-section,— 

(a) “nationalised bank” means a corresponding new bank as defined in the Banking Companies 

(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970); 

(b)  “scheduled  bank”  means  a  bank  included  for  the  time  being  in  the  Second  Schedule  to  the 

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934). 

20.  Budget.—(1)  The  Board  shall,  by  such  date  in  each  financial  year  as  may  be  specified  by  the 
Central Government, submit to it for approval a budget for the next financial year in the form specified by 
that Government, showing therein the estimated receipts and expenditure, and the sums which would be 
required from the Central Government during that financial year. 

(2) The budget for a financial year, as approved by the Central Government for any financial year, 

shall be the budget of the library for that financial year. 

(3) If any sum granted by the Central Government to the library for any financial year remains wholly 
or partly unspent in that financial year, the unspent sum may be carried forward to the next financial year 
and taken into account in determining the sum to be provided for by the Central Government for that year. 

(4)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (5),  no  sum  shall  be  expended  by  or  on  behalf  of  the 

Board, unless the expenditure is covered by provision in the budget proved by the Central Government. 

(5) Subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Central Government may think fit to impose, the 
Board  may  sanction  any  re-appropriation  from  one  head  of  expenditure  to  another  or  from  a  provision 
made for one purpose to that for another purpose. 

21. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Board shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts,  including  the  balance-sheet  in  such  form  as  may  be 
specified,  in  accordance  with  such  general  directions  as  may  be  issued  by  the  Central  Government  in 
consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

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(2) The accounts of the Board shall be audited annually by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of 
India or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, and any expenditure incurred by him in connection 
with such audit shall be payable by the Board to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3) The Controller and Auditor-General of India and any person authorised by him in connection with 
the audit of the accounts of the Board shall have the same rights, privileges and authority in connection 
with  such  audit  as  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  has  in  connection  with  the  audit  of 
Government  accounts,  and,  in  particular,  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  the  production  of  books, 
accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect the office of the Board, and 
the library. 

(4) The accounts of the Board, as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other person authorised by him in this behalf, together with the audit report thereon, shall be forwarded 
annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the  receipt 
thereof, cause the same to be laid before each House Parliament. 

22. Returns and reports.—(1) The Board shall furnish to the Central Government, at such time and 
in  such  form  and  in  such  manner  as  the  Central  Government  may  direct,  such  returns,  statements  and 
particulars as the Central Government may, from time to time, require. 

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall, as soon as possible after 
the commencement of each financial year, submit to the Central Government, within such time as may be 
specified by the Central Government, a report giving true giving true and full account of the activities of 
the Board during the previous financial year and an account of activities likely to be undertaken during 
the current financial year. 

CHAPTER V 

MISCELLANEOUS 

23. Power of Central Government to issue directions to Board.—In the discharge of its functions 
under  this  Act,  the  Board  shall  be  bound  by  such  directions  on  questions  of  policy  as  the  Central 
Government may give to it from time to time: 

Provided  that  the  Board  shall  be  given  an  opportunity  to  express  its  views  before  any  direction  is 

given to it under this sub-section. 

24. Delegation of powers and duties.—The Board may, by general or special order in writing, direct 
that  all  or  any  of  the  powers  or  duties,  which  may  be  exercised  or  discharged  by  it,  shall,  in  such 
circumstances  and  under  such  conditions,  if  any,  as  may  be  specified  in  the  order,  be  exercised  or 
discharged also by any member, officer or employee of the Board specified in this behalf in the order. 

25.  Officers  and  employees  of  Board  to  be  public  servants.—Every  officer  or  employee  of  the 
Board shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or 
regulation  made  thereunder,  be  deemed  to  be  a  public  servant  within  the  meaning  of  section  21  of  the 
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1960). 

26. Protection of action taken under the Act.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie against the Board or any member, officer or other employee of the Board for anything which is in good 
faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rule or regulation made thereunder. 

27.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by 

notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to give effect to the provisions of this Act: 

Provided that when the Board has been established, no such rules shall be made without consulting 

the Board. 

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

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

(a) the  term  of  office  of,  and  the  manner  of  filling  casual  vacancies  among,  the  members 

nominated under clause (e), clause (f) or clause (h) of sub-section (1) of section 5; 

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(b)  the  travelling  and  other  allowances  payable  to  a  member  other  than  the  Chairman  and  to  a 

person associated with the Board under section 10; 

(c)  the  disqualifications  for  membership  of  the  Board  and  the  procedure  to  the  followed  in 

removing a member who is or becomes subject to any disqualification; 

(d) the conditions subject to which, and the mode in which, contracts may be entered into by or 

on behalf of the Board; 

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

(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  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. 

28. Power of Board to make regulations.—(1) The Board may, with the previous approval of the 
Central Government, 1[by notification in the Official Gazette,] make regulations, not inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, with regard to the discharge of its functions under 
this Act. 

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

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

(a) the conditions and restrictions subject to which manuscripts and books in the library may be 

used; 

(b) the manner in which, and the purposes for which, persons may be associated with the Board; 

(c) the  time  and  place  of  meetings  of  the  Board,  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  regard  to  the 
transaction of business at such meetings and the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a 
meeting of the Board; 

(d) the maintenance of minutes of meetings of the Board and the transmission of copies thereof to 

the Central Government; 

(e) the recruitment and conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Board; 

(f) the persons by whom, and the manner in which, payments, deposits and investments may be 

made on behalf of the Board; 

(g) the maximum amount that may be kept by the Board in a current account; 

(h) the maintenance of registers and accounts; 

(i) the compilation of catalogues and inventories of the manuscripts, books and other articles and 

things in the library; 

(j) the  steps  to  be  taken  for  the  preservation  of  the  manuscripts,  books  and  other  articles  and 

things in the library; 

(k) the general management of the library; 

(l) the fees and other charges to be levied for the use of any manuscript or book in the library; 

(m) any other matter in respect of which provisions is, in the opinion of the Board, necessary for 

the performance of its functions under this Act. 

1. Ins. by Act 52 of 1981, s. 2 (w.e.f. 24-12-1981).   

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(3)  The  Central  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  Board,  by  notification  in  the  Official 
Gazette, amend, vary or rescind any regulation which it has approved and thereupon the regulation shall 
have effect as so amended or varied or be of no effect, as the case may be, but without prejudice to the 
exercise of the powers of the Board under sub-sections (1) and (2). 

1[(4) Every regulation 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 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  regulation  or  both  Houses  agree  that  the  regulation  should  not  be  made,  the  regulation  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 regulation.] 

29.  Act  to  override  other  enactments,  and  instruments.—The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  have 
effect  notwithstanding  anything  inconsistent  therewith  contained  in  any  law  other  than  this  Act  for  the 
time being in force or any instrument having effect any virtue of any enactment other than this Act. 

1. Ins. by Act 52 of 1975, s. 2 (w.e.f. 24-12-1981). 

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