Laying of rules under Right to Information Act requires legislative review with power to modify or annul. Section 29 requires that every rule made by the Central Government under the Act be laid before each House of Parliament for a total period of thirty days (which may span one or more sessions); if, before the expiry of the session immediately following that period, both Houses agree to a modification or that the rule should not be made, the rule will thereafter operate only in the modified form or be of no effect, without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. State rules must likewise be laid before the State Legislature after notification.
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Laying of rules under Right to Information Act requires legislative review with power to modify or annul.
Section 29 requires that every rule made by the Central Government under the Act be laid before each House of Parliament for a total period of thirty days (which may span one or more sessions); if, before the expiry of the session immediately following that period, both Houses agree to a modification or that the rule should not be made, the rule will thereafter operate only in the modified form or be of no effect, without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. State rules must likewise be laid before the State Legislature after notification.
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