Section 75 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 – Power of Central Government to make rules

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Section 75: Power of Central Government to make rules

  • (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
  • (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
    • (a) the composition and number of the members of the National Authority under sub-section (2), and the term of office and conditions of service of members of the National Authority under sub-section (4), of section 3; 1[(aa) the salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of officers, other employees, experts and consultants of the National Authority under sub-section (3) of section 5;]
    • (b) the allowances to be paid to the members of the advisory committee under sub-section (2) of section 7;
    • (c) the powers and functions of the Chairperson of the National Executive Committee under sub-section (3) of section 8 and the procedure to be followed by the National Executive Committee in exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions under sub-section (4) of section 8; 1[(ca) the procedure to be followed by the National Crisis Management Committee in exercise of its powers and discharging of its functions under sub-section (4) of section 8A;]
    • (d) allowances to be paid to the persons associated with the sub-committee constituted by the National Executive Committee under sub-section (3) of section 9;
    • (e) the number of members of the National Institute of Disaster Management under sub-section (2), the term of the office and vacancies among members and the manner of filling such vacancies under sub-section (3) and the manner of constituting the Governing Body of the National Institute of Disaster Management under sub-section (4) of section 42; 1[(ea) the salaries, allowances and the other terms and conditions of service of officers and other employees of the National Institute under sub-section (3) of section 43;]
    • (f) the manner of constitution of the Force, the conditions of service of the members of the Force, including disciplinary provisions under sub-section (2) of section 44;
    • (g) the manner in which notice of the offence and of the intention to make a complaint to the National Authority, the State Authority, the Central Government, the State Government or the other authority or officer under clause (b) of section 60;
    • (h) the form in which and the time within which annual report is to be prepared under section 70;
      • (i) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed, or in respect of which provision is to be made by rules.

Source: official text of The Disaster Management Act, 2005 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.