 bill no  8  of  2017 the regulation of international treaties,  agreements, conventions and covenants bill, 2017 by advocate joice george, mp a billto regulate the manner in which the central government shall enter into and implement any international treaty, agreement, convention or covenants with countries and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the regulation of international treaties, agreements, conventions and covenants act 2017(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;10(b) "stakeholder" means persons or community affected by or intended to beaffected by the international treaty, convention or agreement and includes a state governments; and3 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitutea committee to be known as the expert committee to examine the pros and cons of international treaties, agreements, conventions and covenants to be signed by the government of indiaconstitution of an expert committee to examine international treaty, etc5(2) the expert committee shall consist of such number of experts includingrepresentatives of the state governments having expertise in the field of international law to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed4 the central government shall,  by notification in the official gazette, publicizethe details of any international treaty, agreement, convention and covenant to be signed by the government of india10publicity of the details of any international treaty, agreement,conventionand covenant5 the expert committee shall—functions of the expert committee15(a) initiate wide consultation on the contents of the instrument of internationaltreaty, agreement, covention or convenant to be signed by the government of india with stakeholders and others and publish its comments with explanations as regards the objectives, commitment and the national interests to be protected by signing such international treaty, agreement, convention and covenant;(b) create awareness amongst the citizens as regards effects of the internationaltreaty, agreement, convention or covenant to be signed by the government of india with proper examples for public deliberations;20(c) make available the outcome of the consultation with the stakeholders andothers to the members of the parliament, who shall take into consideration the outcome of consultations while deliberating and voting on ratification of any and the international treaty, agreement, convention or covenant256 the central government shall not enter into and implement any international treaty,agreement, convention or covenant unless it has been ratified by resolutions by each house of parliamentpower to make rules7 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purpose of this act3035(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house of the state legislature 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 successive sessions aforesaid both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that 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 statement of objects and reasonsarticles 73 and 253 of the constitution deal with the power of the executive to enter into international treaties, agreement, convention and covenants and the power of the parliament to enact laws for giving effect to such instruments, respectively unfortunately our parliament has not passed any law for regulating the procedure for entering into international treaties, agreement, convention and covenants there is no constitutional obligation on the executive to get international treaties, agreement, convention and covenants ratified by parliament there can be no dispute with the proposition that the international treaties, agreement, convention and covenants may contain clauses having deleterious impact on the lives of the people living throughout india or in a particular region or a state the stake holders who are affected by the clauses of the international instruments do not have any say in such exercise from the experiences on hand, it is advisable for having wide consultations among the stakeholders before giving legal effect to an international commitment which affects the right of the people especially vulnerable and weaker sections of the society therefore, it is highly necessary to have a comprehensive enactment regulating the powers to the executive in entering international treaties, agreement, convention and covenantsthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;joice  georgedecember 14, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that central government shall constitute an expert committee to examine pros and cons and to regulate the international treaty, agreement, convention and covenants to be signed by the government of india it also provides for appointment of experts in the expert committee clause 4 provides for publicity of the details of any international treaty, agreement, convention and covenant the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve the expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees  ten lakhs per annum would involve from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees  fifteen lakhs is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 7 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto regulate the manner in which the central government shall enter into and implement any international treaty, agreement, convention or covenants with countries and for matters connected therewith————(adv joice george, mp)gmgipmrnd—4007ls(s3)—24-01-2017