law: The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
  62. Power of Central
  
  Government to make rules.-
  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.   terms and conditions
  
  of service of the Chairperson and members under section 9;
  b.   powers and duties of
  
  the Chairperson under section 10;
  c.   procedure under
  
  sub-section (1) of section 12 in regard to transaction of business at meetings;
  
  
  d.   form of application
  
  and payment of fees for undertaking certain activities under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 19;
  e.   the form and manner
  
  of making an application under sub-section (2) of section 19;
  f.   form of application
  
  and the manner for transfer of biological resource or knowledge under
  
  sub-section (2) of section 20;
  g.   form in which, and
  
  the time of each financial year at which, the annual report of the National
  
  Biodiversity Authority shall be prepared and the date before which its audited
  
  copy of accounts together with auditor's report thereon shall be furnished
  
  under section 28;
  h.   form in which the
  
  annual statement of account shall be prepared under sub-section (1) of section
  
  29;
  i.   the time within which
  
  and the form in which, an appeal may be preferred, the procedure for disposing
  
  of an appeal and the procedure for adjudication, under section 50;
  j.   the additional matter
  
  in which the National Biodiversity Authority may exercise powers of the civil
  
  court under clause (h) of sub-section (6) of section 50;
  k.   the manner of giving
  
  notice under clause (b) of section 61;
  l.   any other matter
  
  which is to be, or may be, prescribed, or in respect of which provision is to
  
  be made, by rules.
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  3.  
  
    Every
  
  rule made under this section and every regulation made 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
  
  regulation or both Houses agree that he rule or regulation should not be made,
  
  the rule or 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 rule or regulation.