law: Arms Act, 1959
  44. Power to make rules 
  
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  (1) The Central government 
  
  may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the 
  
  purposes of this Act.  
  
  
  (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 appointment, 
  
  jurisdiction, control and functions of licensing authorities [ [ Note: Ins. by 
  
  Act 25 of 1983, s. 16 (w.e.f. 22-6-1983) ] including the areas and the 
  
  categories of arms and ammunition for which they may grant licences] ;
  (b) The form and particulars 
  
  of application for the grant or renewal of a licence and where the application 
  
  is for the renewal of a licence, the time within which it shall be made ;
  (c) The form in which and 
  
  the conditions subject to which any licence may be granted or refused, renewed, 
  
  varied, suspended or revoked ;
  (d) Where no period has been 
  
  specified in this Act, the period for which any licence shall continue to be in 
  
  force ;
  (e) The fees payable in 
  
  respect of any application for the grant or renewal of a licence and in respect 
  
  of any licence granted or renewed and the manner of paying the same ;
  (f) The manner in which the 
  
  maker’s name, the manufacturer’s number or other identification mark of a 
  
  firearm shall be stamped or otherwise shown thereon ;  
  
  
  (g) The procedure for the 
  
  test or proof of any firearms ;
  (h) The firearms that may be 
  
  used in the course of training, the age limits of persons who may use them and 
  
  the conditions for their use by such persons ;
  (i) The authority to whom 
  
  appeals may be preferred under section 18, the procedure to be followed by such 
  
  authority and the period within which appeals shall be preferred, the fees to be 
  
  paid in respect of such appeals and the refund of such fees ;
  (j) The maintenance of 
  
  records or accounts of anything done under a licence other than a licence under 
  
  section 3 or section 4, the form of, and the entries ot be made in, such records 
  
  or accounts and the exhibition of such records or accounts to any police officer 
  
  or to any officer of Government empowered in this behalf ;
  (k) The entry and inspection 
  
  by any police officer or by any officer of Government empowered in this behalf 
  
  of any premises or other place in which arms or ammunition are or is 
  
  manufactured or in which arms or ammunition are or is kept by a manufacturer of 
  
  or dealer in such arms or ammunition and the exhibition of the same to such 
  
  officer ;
  (l) The conditions subject 
  
  to which arms or ammunition may be deposited with a licensed dealer or in a unit 
  
  armory as required by sub-section (1) of section 21 and the period on the expiry 
  
  of which the things so deposited may be forfeited.
  
  
  (m) Any other matter is 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 [ [ Note: Subs. by Act 25 of 1983, s. 16 (w.e.f. 
  
  22-6-1983) ] 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.