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Power of l[State Government] to make rules.-The l[State Govern- mentl may, after previous publication, make r ~ l e s consistent with this Act and with the Municipal Act to carry out the purposes of this Act : Provided that before making any rules under the provisions of this section, the l[State Government] shall, in addition to observing the procedure laid down in section 21 of the Punjab General Clauses Act, 1898, publish by notification a draft of the proposed rules for the information of persons likely to be affected thereby, at least thirty days before a meeting of the 2[Punjab] Legis- lative 3[Assembly]. 4[The l(State Government), in order to give members of the 3(Assembly) an opportunity for moving a motion for discussing the draft, shall defer final publication of the rules until after the expiry of the date fixed for consideration of a motion for such discussion, provided that notice of such motion has been given before the first meeting of the Assembly held after the expiry of thirty days from the publication of the draft]. 1 . S~bs.for theexpreaion"Central Government" (which was subs. for "State Govern- ment" by A.O. 1968) by A. 0.1973 . The word "State" . was subs. for the word "Provincial" by the Adaptation oC Laws Order, 1950.