Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
77. Rules and notifications to be laid
before Parliament.
Every rule made under this Act by the Central Government and
every notification issued under clause (xi) of section 2, section 3 and clause
(a) of, and Explanation (1) to, section 27 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 notification or
both Houses agree that the rule or notification should not be made or issued,
the rule or the notification 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 notification.