law: 28. Power to make rules.-
  (1) The Central Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out thepurposes 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 forms in which Government securities may be issued;
  (b) the form of the obligations referred to in clause  (iv)  of sub-clause (a) of clause (2) of  section 2;
  (c) the conditions subject to which Government securities may be issued to the 1[Rulers of former Indian States];
  (d) the manner in which different forms of Government securities may be transferred;
  (e) the holding of Government securities in the form of stock by the holders of offices other than public offices, and the manner in which and the conditions subject to which Government securities so held may be transferred;
  (f) the manner in which payment of interest in respect of Government securities is to be made and acknowledged;
  (g) the conditions governing the grant of duplicate, renewed, converted, consolidated and sub-divided Government securities;
  (h) the fees to be paid in respect of the issue of duplicate Government securities and of the renewal, conversion, consolidation and sub-division of Government securities;
  (i) the form in which receipt of a Government security delivered for discharge, renewal, conversion, consolidation or sub-division is to be acknowledged;
  (j) the manner of attestation of documents relating to Government securities in the form of stock;
  (k) the manner in which any document relating to a Government security or any endorsement on a promissory note issued by 2[the Government] may, on the demand of a person who from any cause is unable to write, be executed on his behalf;
  (l) the form of the bonds referred to in sub-section (1) of section 16;
  (m) the circumstance and the manner in which and the conditions subject to which inspection of Government securities, books, registers and other documents may be allowed or information therefrom may be given under section 25;
  (n) the procedure to be followed in making vesting orders;
  (o) the authority by whom the certificate referred to in the proviso to section 7 is to be granted and the manner of making the inquiry therein mentioned;
  3[(p) the form in which and the persons in whose favour nominations may be made under section 9B, the manner in which and the conditions and restrictions subject to which such nominations may be made, the registration, variation or cancellation of such nominations and the fees that may be levied for such registration, variation or cancellation;
  (q) the manner in which any person may be appointed for the purposes of sub-section (4) of section 9B.]
  4[(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 suchmodified 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.]
  1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1949, s. 6, for "The Central Government" (w.e.f. 1-4-1949). 2. Subs. by Act 57 of 1956, s. 11, for "the States" (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).
  
  1. Subs. by Act 57 of 1956, s. 12, for "rules of Part B States" (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).
  2. Subs. by Act 6 of 1949, s. 6, for "the Central Government" (w.e.f. 1-4-1949). 3. Ins. by Act 44 of 1959, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-8-1960).
  4. Subs. by Act 44 of 1972, s. 4, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 1-9-1972).