Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
6. Power to make rules.-
(1) 'The Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this
Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to
the generality of the forgoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of
the following matters, namely :
(a) the experience or
training, or both, which a registered medical practitioner shall have if he
intends to terminate any pregnancy under this Act ; and
(b) such other matters
as are required to be or may be, provided by rules made under this Act.
(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 successive sessions,
and if, before the expiry of the session which it is so laid or the
session immediately following, 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.