Section 23. Power to make regulations

23. Power to make regulations.— (1) The Council may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and the rules generally to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: — (a) regulating the meetings of the Council and the procedure for conducting business thereat; (b) the terms and conditions of service of the officers and employees of the Council; (c) regulating the meetings of the Executive Committee and the procedure for conducting business thereat; (d) the area of concern, the constitution, and powers and functions of the Board of Studies; (e) the region for which the Regional Committee be established and the constitution and functions of such Committee. — 24. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament. Every rule and every regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of 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 regulation or both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation 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 regulation.