https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168849 A law passed by the Jaipur Council of Ministers did not become operative because it was never promulgated or published in the Gazette or by any recognised means. In the absence of any special rule, custom, or authority permitting secret enactment, the Court held that a law must be made known before it can bind subjects, and a mere resolution could not bring it into force. An amendment fixing an earlier commencement date could not validate a measure that had never validly come into existence. Section 3(b) of the Jaipur Laws Act, 1923, protected only valid regulations already in force and did not cure the defect. The conviction under the Jaipur Opium Act therefore could not stand. en-us Mon, 24 Sep 1951 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 May 2015 10:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168849 A law passed by the Jaipur Council of Ministers did not become operative because it was never promulgated or published in the Gazette or by any recognised means. In the absence of any special rule, custom, or authority permitting secret enactment, the Court held that a law must be made known before it can bind subjects, and a mere resolution could not bring it into force. An amendment fixing an earlier commencement date could not validate a measure that had never validly come into existence. Section 3(b) of the Jaipur Laws Act, 1923, protected only valid regulations already in force and did not cure the defect. The conviction under the Jaipur Opium Act therefore could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Sep 1951 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168849