CHAPTER VI

Miscellaneous

26. Power to make Rules

(1) The Central Government may, by, notification make Rules consistent with the provisions of this Act to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(2) Every Rule made under the provisions of this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form, or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

27. Power of Central Government to amend Schedules

(1) The Central Government may, by notification, amend Schedule 1 to this Act. No such notification shall have the effect of increasing a penalty specified in Schedule 1 to more than double of what was specified in Schedule 1 when this Act was originally enacted.

(2) Any amendment notified under sub-section (1) shall have effect as if enacted in this Act and shall come into force on the date of the notification, unless the notification otherwise directs.

(3) Every amendment made by the Central Government under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the amendment or both Houses agree that the amendment should not be made, the amendment shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form, or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that amendment.

28. Removal of difficulties

(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, before expiry of five years from the date of commencement of this Act, by an order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty.

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.

29. Consistency with other laws

1. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not construed in derogation of the provisions of any other law, and shall be construed as consistent with such law, for the time being in force.

2. In the event of any conflict between a provision of this Act and a provision of any other law for the time being in force, the provision of this Act shall prevail to the extent of such conflict.

30. Amendments.

. (1) The Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) shall be amended in the following manner:

 (a) section 43A of the IT Act shall be omitted;

(b) In section 81 of the IT Act, in the proviso, after the words and figures “the Patents Act, 1970”, the words “or the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2022” shall be inserted; and

(c) clause (ob) of sub-section (2) of section 87 of IT Act shall be omitted.

(2) Clause (j) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 shall be amended in the following manner:

(a) The words “the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information” shall be omitted;

(b) The proviso shall be omitted