Legal Register
ACT-41 Tranche 1 (13 Nov 2025) — In Force
Status: in force
Section 41: Rules and ss16/42 notifications
Publication and Parliamentary laying are separate steps.
Regulated Actor: Central Government; Parliament
Gazette Baseline: Lines 956–966
Statutory Trigger
Rules and ss16/42 notifications
Applies to: Central Government; Parliament
Substantive Conditions
Lay before both Houses for total 30 days; modification/annulment process.
Statutory Exceptions
Prior acts protected as specified.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
41. Every rule made and every notification issued under section 16 and section 42 of Laying of
this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, rules and
certain
while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session notifications.
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 notification or both Houses agree that the rule or notification
should not be made or issued, the rule or notification 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 or notification.