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Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation

Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation- shall consider in respect of any statutory instrument whether it-

  1. is in accord with the provisions of the Constitution, the Act pursuant to which it is made or other relevant written law;
  2. infringes on fundamental rights and freedoms of the public;
  3. contains a matter which in the opinion of the Committee should more properly be dealt with in an Act of Parliament;
  4. directly or indirectly bars the jurisdiction of the Courts;
  5. gives retrospective effect to any of the provisions in respect of which the Constitution or the Act does not expressly give such power;
  6. would occasion/ involves expenditure from the Consolidated Fund or other public revenues;
  7. is defective in its drafting or for any reason the form or purport of the statutory instrument calls for elucidation;
  8. appears to make some unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the Constitution or the Act pursuant to which it is made;
  9. appears to have had unjustifiable delay in its publication or laying before Parliament;
  10. makes rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent upon non-reviewable decisions;
  11. makes rights, liberties or obligations unduly dependent on insufficiently defined administrative powers;
  12. inappropriately delegates legislative powers;
  13. imposes a fine, imprisonment or other penalty without express authority having been provided for in the enabling legislation;
  14. appears for any reason to infringe on the rule of law;
  15. inadequately subjects the exercise of legislative power to parliamentary scrutiny; and,
  16. accords to any other reason that the Committee considers fit to examine.