Press Council Amendment Rules 2018

Rule, 2018

A rule made under the The Press Council Act, 1978.

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Made under The Press Council Act, 1978.

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REGD. NO. D. L.-33004/99

REGD. NO. D. L.-33004/99

EXTRAORDINARY

II— — (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 34] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2018/PAUSHA 29, 1939

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 18th January, 2018

G.S.R. 43(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Press Council Act, 1978 (37 of 1978), the Central Government after consulting the Press Council of India, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Press Council Rules, 1979, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Press Council (Amendment) Rules, 2018.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Press Council Rules, 1979, in rule 4, in sub-rule (1), for clause (iv), the following shall be substituted, namely:— “(iv) In addition to the reimbursement of rent and daily allowances referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), every non-official member shall be entitled to a sitting fee of rupees six thousand per day, subject to a ceiling of rupees sixty thousand per month: Provided that no such non-official member employed in any institution or organisation funded by the Government and drawing salary therefrom shall be entitled to sitting fee.” Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 286, dated the 8 th February, 1979 and subsequently amended vide numbers G.S.R.

940, dated the 20 th November, 1982,

G.S.R. 622(E), dated the 16 th May, 1988,

G.S.R. 37(E), dated the 27 th January, 1997 and

G.S.R. 377(E), dated the 30 th March, 2016.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

ALOK KUMAR

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