Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Government may make rules consistent with the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for— (i) fixing the fees payable for copies of or extracts from the committee records furnished to the chairman under section 43; (ii) as to the service, employment, payment, suspension, removal and leave etc. of the officers and officials of the trust under sections 18, 19 and 20; (iii) as to the intermediate office or offices (if any), through which correspondence between the trust and the State Government or official of the Government shall pass; (iv) as to the accounts to be kept by the trust, as to the manner in which such accounts shall be audited and published, and as to the powers of auditors in respect of his allowance and surcharge; (v) as to the authority by whom, the conditions subject to which and the mode in which contracts may be entered into and executed on behalf of the trust; (vi) as to the preparation of estimates of income and expenditure of the trust and as to the authority by whom and the conditions subject to which such estimates may be sanctioned; (vii) as to the returns, statements, and reports to be submitted by trust; (viii) as to specify and define the mutual relations to be observed between the trust and other local authorities in any matter in which they are jointly interested; (ix) regulating the grant of leave of absence, leave allowances and acting allowances to the officers and officials of the trust; Power of State Government to make rules. TOWN IMPROVEMENT (x) establishing and maintaining a provident or annuity fund, for compelling all or any of the officers in the service of the trust other than any official of the Government in respect of whom a contribution is paid under section 96 to contribute to such fund at such rates and subject to such conditions and for supplementing such contributions out of the funds of the trust: Provided that an employee of the State Government employed as an officer or official of the trust shall not be entitled to leave or leave allowances otherwise than as he may be entitled by the conditions of his service under the State Government; (xi) determining conditions under which the officers and official of the trust shall, on retirement receive gratuities or compassionate allowances and the amount of such gratuities and compassionate allowances : Provided that it shall be at the discretion of the trust to determine whether all such officers and officials or any of them, shall become entitled on retirement to any such gratuities or compassionate allowances as aforesaid; (xii) regulating the grant of subsidies to trusts by the State Government, the conditions under which they may be earned or forfeited and the arrangements for their repayment; (xiii) as to the manner of submitting the scheme along with documents and fee under section 39; (xiv) fixing the fee payable for copies of document under section 40; (xv) the assessment and collection of the betterment contribution under section 58; (xvi) composition of offences; (xvii) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before the House of the State Legislature, while it is in session.