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Any rule made under this Act may provide that it shall have effect from such earlier or later date, not being a date earlier than the commencement of provisions under which the concerned rule is made. Provided that no person shall be prosecuted or punished for anything done at any time prior to the date on which the rules so made were first published in the Official Gazette. THE FIRST SCHEDULE (See Section 10) RATES OF ROYALTY