Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
4. Rule-making power
(1) The 8[State] Government may make rules to
carry into effect the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of
the following maters, namely:-
(a) for prescribing the
authority before whom and the form in which declarations under this Act shall be
made;
(b) for prescribing
the fees to be paid for the filing of declaration and for the attendance at
private residences of any person in the discharge of his duties under this Act;
and for prescribing the times at which such fees shall be payable and the
manner in which they shall be levied
(3) Rules made under the provisions of this
section shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon have
effect as if enacted in this Act.