Some of the important recommendations/observations made by the Committee are as
under:-
Important recommendations/observations made by the Committee
(i) Provision of Rule 70 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha
are mandatory and therefore compliance therewith should invariably be made in case of every
Bill which involves delegation of legislative power to the Central Government or to any other
authority.
(ii) Ordinarily, rules should be framed under an Act as soon as possible after its coming into
force and in no case this period should exceed six months.
(iii) As far as possible, the use of complicated language in the rules should be avoided. Rules
should be specific and definite. The use of vague expressions (like ‘unreasonable large
quantity’), which may be interpreted differently by different persons, is to be avoided.
(iv) In cases where the rules are required to be published in the draft form, a period of not
less than 30 clear days should invariably be given to the public to send their
comments/suggestions on the draft rules.
(v) ‘Orders’, required to be laid before the House, should be laid within a period of 15 days
after their publication in the Gazette, if the House is in session. And if the House is not then in
session, the ‘Orders’ should be laid on the Table as soon as possible (but within 15 days) after
the commencement of the following session, whenever, ‘Orders’ are laid after an inordinate
delay, an explanatory note giving the reasons for such delay should be appended thereto.
(vi) All rules framed by Government, pursuant to Constitutional or statutory provisions, should
invariably be published in the Gazette for public information.
(vii) Like rules, regulations should also be, laid before Parliament and there should be a
provision to this effect in the relevant statutes.
(viii) When the principal rules are required to be laid before Parliament, all statutory orders
made under the rules should also be laid on the Table.
(ix) Whenever rules are laid on the Table of the House, a Statement of Objects and Reasons
and also explanatory notes on the rules should also be appended thereto. When new rules