21. Power to make rules.—(1)The Central Government 2
[may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, make rules] consistent with this Act to carry into effect the purposes
thereof.
(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:—
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[(a) the powers and duties of the Director-General of Lighthouses and Lightships
and Directors and Deputy Directors-General of Lighthouses and Lightships;]
(b)the procedure and conduct of business of Advisory Committees constituted under
this Act;
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[(bb) the manner in which the light may be removed and the height of the building,
structure or tree may be reduced under sub-section (5) of section 8A.]
(c)the rate of travelling and subsistence allowance payable to members of Advisory
Committees;5***
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[(cc)the rates of fees for providing assistance to ships for calibrating their Wireless
Direction Finders and for rendering other services to vessels;]
(d) the period in respect of which and the form in which the separate account referred to
in sub-section (1) of section 20 shall be kept and the forms in which that account and the
statement referred to in sub-section (2)of that section shall respectively be presented to the
Central Advisory Committee.
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[(3) Every rule made by the Central Government 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 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 pr eviously
done under that rule.]