Designs Act, 1911
77. Power for Central Government to make rules
(1) The Central Government may make such rules
as it thinks expedient subject to the provisions of this Act -
(a) for regulating the
practice of registration under this Act;
(b) for classifying
goods for the purposes of designs;
(c) for making or requiring
duplicates of drawings and other documents;
(d) for securing and
regulating the publishing and selling of copies at such prices and in such
manner as the Central Government thinks fit of drawings and other documents;
(e) providing for the
inspection of documents in the Patent Office and for the manner in which they
may be published;
(ee) for the manner in
which fees leviable under this Act may be paid;
(f) generally or
regulating the business of the Patent Office the conduct of proceedings before
the Controller and all things by this Act placed under the direction or control
of the Controller or of the Central Government; and
(g) generally for the
purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
(2) The power to make rules under this section
shall be subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous
publication.
(3) All rules made under this section shall be
published in the Official Gazette and no such publication shall have effect as
if enacted in this Act.
(4) Every rule made 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 of 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 modifications 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.