law: The Cantonments (House-Accommodation) Act, 1923
  35. Power for Central Government to make rules.-
  (1) The Central Government may make rules7 to carry out the purposes and objects of this Act.
  (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, power, such rules may-
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  (b) define the powers of entry, inspection, measurement or survey which may be exercised in carrying out the purposes and objects of this Act or of any rule made hereunder.
  9[(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.]
  7. See Gazette of India, 1923, Pt. I, p. 1242.
  8. Clause (a) omitted by Act 9 of 1930, s. 16.
  9. Ins. by Act 20 of 1983, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-3-1984)