law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  50. Power to make rules
  (1) the Central
  
  Government, in the case of 43[***] officers of the Central
  
  Government, and the State Government, in all other cases, 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 forgoing power, such rules may
  
  provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-
  (a) the duties and powers of Marriage Officers
  
  and the areas in which they may exercise jurisdiction ;
  (b) the manner in which a Marriage Officer may
  
  hold inquiries under this Act and the procedure therefor ;
  (c) the form and manner in which any books
  
  required by or under this Act shall be maintained ;
  (d) the fees that may be levied for the
  
  performance of any duty imposed upon a Marriage Officer under this Act ;
  (e) the manner in
  
  which public notice shall be given under section 16 ;
  (f) the form in which, and the intervals
  
  within which, copies of entries in the Marriage Certificate Book shall be sent
  
  in pursuance of section 48 ;
   44  [(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.
  (4) Every rule made by
  
  the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as it is made,
  
  before the State Legislature.]