Custom Act, 1962
159.
Rules, Certain Notifications and Orders to be Laid Before Parliament. –
Every
rule or regulation made under this Act, every notification issued under
sections 11, 11B, 11H, 11-I, 11K, 11N, 14,25, 28A, 43, 66, 69, 70, 74,75, 76,
98, 98A, 101 and 123 and every order made under sub-section (2) of section 25,
other than an order relating to goods of strategic, secret, individual or
personal nature, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made or issued,
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 notification or order, or both Houses
agree that the rule or regulation should not be made or notification or order
should not be issued or made, the rule or regulation or notification or order
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 or notification or order.