lok sabhacopjuge~iduiv', tothe    ill;::3:\i-             nli'~;e/l;\jts' (deterfii\l':\tiot'j                                        b'{                                           tri8un,\ls)bill      1983("[0 be/as               ir~trod uced                                in                                    lok~)p~gg 8, line            27,- bill, 1983 arrangement of clauses crapi'er i preliminary clauses1 short title, extent and, commencement 2 application  3 definitions and construction of re~rences 4 overriding effect of the act  chapter ii establishment m' tribunals5 establishment of illegal jmigrants (determination) tribunals 6 filling of vaca~cies 7 staff of the tribunals 8 references' or applic~tions to tribunals 9 powers of the tribunal 10 procedure with respect to references under ~b-se~on (1) of section 8 11 procedure with respect to applications under sub-aeetion (2) of section 8 12 determination of the question n to whether a person is an ij1epl - migrant 13 reference and application to be disposed' of within six montbl 14 appeal 15  appellate tribunal 16 order of the appellate tribunal 17 revision  chapter iii 'proydions apiuca-": to all'1'rdn7lfals clausis18 procedure 19 proceeding before every tribunal to be judicial proceeding tor certain purposes  chapter iv20 expulsion of illegal ~igrants  chapter v miscellanj!'dus21 delegation of powers 22 power to give effect to the orders, etc 23  bar of jurisdiction of civil courts 24 transitory provision 25 penalties 26 protection of action taken in good faith 27  power to remove diffteulties 28 power to make rules 29 repeal and saving  billto provide for the establilhment of tribunals for the dcterminatibtt, in cl fair manner, of the question whethtr a person is 411 alegat 7r'&lgrant to ~able the central government to e~l illegal migrant, frmn, i nelia and for m4uers connected tlte1"e1ofth or ~l thereto '  wiiibm  a sub&~tial nwnber of the fojeili& who mi-ted into ~ incua uos& the herders of the easter~ ami ~tem retjons of the country on and after the 25th day of march, 1971, have, by taldng mlvaa, of the eircumstanees et euch mipatioft ad their etjmjc 5 similarities and other connections with the people of india and wiglout having in their possession any lawful authority so to do, illegany remained in india; aim whuea$ the continuance of such foreigners in india is detrimental to the interests ot the public of india; 10 and whereas on account of the number ot sum foreigners and the· manner in which such foreigners have clandestinely heed trying to pass off as citizens of india and all other relevant circumstances, it is necessary for the protection of the citizens of india to make special provisions for the detection of such foreigners in assam and also in any other part of india in which such foreigners may be found to have remained illegally; bz it enacted by parliament in the thirty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:- chapter i5  prp·tl\lj!fary1 (j) this act may be called the illegal migrants (determination by tribun~) act, 1983 (2) it extends to the whole of india (3) it ahall be dee~ed to have come into force in the state of aaam 10 on the 15th day of october, 1983 and in any other state on such date as the central government may; by notification in the otb9ia:l gazette, appoint and cwrerent datel may be appointed for di1!eteilt states and references in thia act to the commencement of this act shall' be construed in relation to any state as references to the date of commence- 15 ment of this act in such state 2 nothing in this act shall apply tq or in relation to-application (a) any person who was in any state and who had been ~xpelled from that state or india before the commencement of this act in that state or in relation to whose expulsion from such state 20 or india any order made before such commencement under any other law is in force; (b) any person detected as a foreigner at the time of his entry across any border of india; (c) any foreigner who, having entered into india under a valid 25 passport or travel document, continued to remain therein after the expiry of the period for which he was authorised to remain in lndia under such passport or travel document  - 3 (j)' in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(g~ "appellate tribunal" means an appellate tribunal estab- 10 llshed by the central government under sub-seclion (j) of tecti0l115; 31 of 1&41 (b) "fo~igner'j hu the same meaning as in the foreigners act,  1946; (c) "illegal migrant" means a person in respect of whom each of the following conditions is satibfted, namely: -3,5 (i) he has entereci into india on or after the 2mh day of march, 1971; , (ii) he is a foreigner; (iii) he has entered into india without being in possession of a valid passport or other travel document or any other lawful fo 'authority in that behalf; (d) "notification" means a notification published in the oftlcial gazette; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; 5 (f) "tribunal" means a tribunal established by the central government under sub-section (1) of section 5 (2) any reference in this act to any law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area, be colultrued as a reference to the corresponding law, if any; in force in that area overrld inle1!ect of the act 10 1 (1) the provisions of this act or of any rule or order made thereunder shall have effect notwithstandini anything contained in the 10 of 1950 immigrants (expulsion from assam) act, 1950 or any other enactment for the time being in force, or any rule or order made under any such enactment b:od in force for the time being 15 (2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), nothing in the proviso to section 2 of the 10 of lho immigrants (expulsion from assam) act, 1950 shall apply to or in relation to an illegal migrant as defined in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 3 20 chapter ii  establishment of tribunals5 (1) the central government may, by notification, establish, fo~ the purposes of this act, as many illegal migrants (determination) tribunals as it may deem necessary and specify the principal place o~ 25 sitting of, and the territorial limits within which, each such tribunal shall exercise its jurisdiction establishment of illegal migrants (determi nation) tribunais (2)· no person shall be appointed as a member of any such tribunal unless he is or has been a district judge or an additional district judge in any state 30 (3) each tribunal shall consist of three members (4) on the establishment of a tribunal, the central government shall appoint one of the members thereof as the chairman of such tribunal (5) each tribunal shall sit in its principal place of sitting and in such other place or places as its chairman may, from time to time, appoint fillin,ot vacancies 35 6 if, for any reason, any vacancy occurs in the office of the chairman or any other member of a tribunal, the central government may fill the vacancy by appointing any person who fulfils the qualifications specified in sub-section (2) of section 5, as the chairman, or, as the case may be, member of such tribunal 40 7 the central government shall make available to ~very tribunal staff of such staft as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions under the 'l'ribu this act nals referenetiii or appueationa to tribudals 8 (l) it any question arises as to whether any person i8 or is noi ali illegal migrant, the central government may, whether such question has arisen on a representation made by such person atains't any order under the foreigners act, 1946 requiring him not to remain in idcifa or 31 of ih6 to any other effect or has arisen in any other manner whatsoever, refer 5 such question to a tribunal for decision (2) wiuiout prejudice to the power conferred on tne central government by sub-section (1), any person may make an ipplicaticm: to the ti:lb1ld8l, for its decision, as to wbetber the perlon whole name and other particulars are given in the application, is or is not an ttt •• 1 10 migrant:·  provided that no such application shall be entertained by the tribunal unless the person in relation to whom the application is made is found, or resides, at a place within three kilometres from the~ place of residence of the applicant 15 (3) every application made under sub-section (2) shall be made in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by affidavits sworn by not less than two persons residing within three kilometres of the area in which the person referred to in the application is fo'luld, ,or residing, corroborating the averments made 20 in the application, and shall also be accompanied by such fee, being not less than twenty-five, and not more than one hundred, rupees, as may he prescribed (4) every reference under sub-section (1), and every application under suh-section (2), shall be made to the tribunal within ole terri- ~ 5 torial limits of whose jurisdiction ·the place of residence of the pe1'ioil named in such reference or application, a~ the case may be is situated; provided that where the person named in such reference or application has no place of 11:!"  teuc  , the reference or application, as the case may be, shall be made to the tribunal within the territorial lir;nita of 30 whose jurisdiction sucil person is found 5 of 1008 powers of thetrlbaaal 9 every trib·llnal w - ili __  ole the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the code of civil procedure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respe!ct of the follo\ • ug matters, namely:-(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses and 35 examining them on oath; (b) discovery and productio~ of any document; (c) reception of evidence on affidavits; (d) requisitioning of public records from any court or office; (e) issuing of any commission for the ex8mination of witaeas  40 ]8 on receipt of a reference under sub-section (1) of section 8, the trtbuaal shall serve on the person named in such reference, a notice, accompanied by a copy of such reference, calling 'upon him to make, within a period of thirty days !rom the date of receipt of such notice, procedure with res_ pect to references undefsub- (jt "1 netimlb u~h repreentation with regard to the averments made in the refe~~t 45 and to produce such evidence as he may think fit in support 01 htl defence: provided that if the tribunal is satisfied that the person aforesaid  prevented by sufticient cause from making his representation and from producing evidence in support of his defence within the ·said period of thirty days, it may permit him to make his representation and to 5 produce evidence in support of his defence, within such further period, not exceeding thirty days, as it may, by order, specify 11 (1) on receipt of an application, under sub-section (2) of section 8, the tribunal :shall issue a notice, accompanied by a copy of the application, to the prescribed authority calling upon it to furnish, after to making such inquiry as that authority may deem fit, a report to the tribunal with regard to the 8,'crments made in the application (~) if, on a consideration of the report made by the preacribed authority, the tribunal is satisfied thatp~ with fti· piiltto appllcatlans under subtee\ion (2) of aecuonl (a) the person named in the application is not an illegal migrant 15 or that the application is frivolous or vexatious, or has not been ·made in good faith, the tribunal shall, after giviri"g- the applicant an opportunity to be heard, reject the application; (b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person named in the· application is an illegal migrant, the tril:runal ihall ~o issue a notice accompanied by a copy qf the application, to the penon named in the application, calling upon him to make, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice, such representation with regard to the averments made in the application and to produce such evidence as he may think fit in support of his defence: lie; provided that if the tribunal is satisfied that the person aforesaid was prevented by sufficient cause from making his representation and from· producing evidence in support of his defence within the said period of thirty days, it may permit him to make his representation and to produce evidence in support of his defence, within such so further period, not exceeding thirty days, as it may,·by order, spectfy determination of the quei-tionaato whether a penon is an i11eial mlarant ~ (1) the tribunal to which a reference has been made under section 8, or to which an application has been ~de under that section, shall, after taking such evidence as may be addut:ed before it and after making such inquiry as it may think fit and after hearing such persons as it may 35 deem appropriate, by order, decide the question as to whethetl the pe1'8od named in such reference or application, as the case may be, is or is not an i11egal migrant: provided that where for the determination of such question in any case the decision on any i~ue renders any decision on any other issue 40 or issues unnecessary, the tribunal may not decide such other issue or issues (2) where the members of the trib'unal differ in their opinion o~ any point, the decision on such point shall be according to the opinion of the majority of such members r: (3) the tribunal shall send a copy of every order passed by it to 4) the ·ptescribed authority and to the parties to the rpference, or the application, as the case may be  (4) evel'y order passed under sub-section (1) shall, subject to the ,'decision of the appellate tribunal, be final and shall not he called in question in any court 13 :t:very reference made to a tribunal under section 8 or application made to a tribunal under that section shall' be inquired into as expediti- 5 ously as possible and every endeavo'ilr shall be made to conclude such  inquiry within a period of six months from the date of the service, on the person concerned, of a copy of such reference or application refereneo and application to be disposed of within 'six months appeal 14 the central government, or any person, named in a reference or an applica~ion under section 8, or any applicant under sub-section (2) j 0 of that section may, if it or he is not satisfted with any order made by a tribunal under section 12, prefer an appeal to the appellate tribunal against such order   ~ppellate tribunal 15 (1) the central government may, by notification, estabush for eaeh state in which this act is in -force an appellate tribunal to be 15 known as the illegal migrants (determination) appellate tribunal for deciding appeals preferred under section 14 against, orders made by tri· bunals in the state and specify the prindpal place of sitting of such appellate tribulull (2) no per~on shall be appointed as a memberof an appellate trf· :10 , bunal unless he is or has been a judg-e of a high court (1) an appellate tribunal shall consist of as many members, not being less than three and more than six, as the central government may think fit (4) the central government shall appoint one of the members of gs an appellate tribunal to be the president thereof (5) an appellate tribunal shall sit in its principal place of litting or· any such other place or places as the president thereof may, from time to time, appoint (6) the powet's and functions of an appellate tribunal jn8y h 30 exercised and discharged by benches constituted by uie president ~ereof from amongst the members thereof and each bench shall consist of not les, than two members (7) the central government shall make available to every appeuate tribudal su~h staff as may be necels8ry for tbe discharge of it, function 35 under this act (8) every memorandum of appeal to an appellate tribunal shall be made in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, and, in the case of an appeal preferred by an applicant under' 8ub-sectton (2) of section 8,' shall also be accompanied by such fee, not bemg 1888 thad 40 twenty~ve and more than one hundred, rupees, as may be prescribed (9) every appeal shall be preferred within thirty days from the elate on which the order sought to be ap~aled against was communicated to the appellant: provided that the appellate tribunal may, if it is satisfied that the 5 appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the said period, admit an appeal after the expiry of the aforesaid period of thirty days lof1801 (10) every appellate tribunal shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the code of civil procedure 1908 while 10 trying a s'uit, in respect of the following matters, namely: ~ , (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath; (b) discovery and production of any document; (c) reception of evidence on aftldavits; 15 (d) requisitioning of public records from any court or office; (e) issuing of any commission for the examination of witnesses order of the appel· late tribunal 16 (1) the appellate tribunal may, after giving the parties to the appeal a reasonable opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it may think fit, confirming, modifying or annulling the order appealed ao against or may remand the case to the tribunal which had passed such order with such directions to that tribunal as the appellate tribunal may think fit, for fresh determination after takinj additional evi~ence, if necessary (2) where an appeal had been heard by the appellate tribwlal and 125 the members thereof differ in their opinion on any point, the decision on such point shall, where there is a majority, be according to the opinion of such majority, and where there is no majority and the"members are equally divided in their opinion, they shall draw up a statement of the facts of the case and the point or points on which they durer in their 80' opinion and make a reference of the point or points or of the appeal, as the case may be, to the president of s,:,ch tribunal, and on receipt of such reference the president of the tribunal shall arrange for the hearing of such point or points, or the appeal, by one or more of the members of the appellate tribunal, and such point or points, or the appeal, as 85 the case may be, shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority of, the members of the appellate tribunal, who have heard the appeal, including those who had first heard it (3) the appellate tribunal shall send a copy of every order passed by it under sub-section (1) to the parties to the appeal"'ana to the tri-40 bunsl concerned  (4) 9ubject to the provisions of section 17, e'very order passed under lub-section (1), other than an order remanding the case, shall be ftnal and no order passed under that sub-section shall· be called in question in any court  17 the high court may call for the record of any case which has been decided by the ·appellate tribunal situate wit1iin"'tts meal jurisdiction, and if such appellate tribunal appears-(0) to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it bylaw, or (b) to have failed to exercise a jurisdiction 80 vested, or 5 (c) to have acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction illegally or \li,ith material irregularity, the high court may make wch order in the case as it thinks fit: provided that the high court shall not, under this section, vary or reverse any order made or any order dec:iding an issue in the coune of 10 a proceeding with respect to an appeal, except where-(i) the order, if it had been made in favour of the party pplying for revision, would have finally disposed of the proceeding, or (ii) the order, if allowed to stand, would occasion a failure of justice or cause irreparable injury to the party agarnst whom it was 15 made explanation-in this section, the expression "any case which has been decided" ·includes any order made or any order deciding an issue in the course of a proceeding with respect to any appe&1  chapter iii provisions applicable to all tribunalsprocedure 18 subject to the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder, every tribunal and every appellate tribunal shall have the power to regulate its own procedure in all matters arising oul of the exercise of its powers or for the discharge of its tunctions 25 ii every proceeding before a tribunal or the appellate tribunal shall be deemed to be judicial proceeding within the meaning of secticms 193 and 228 and for the purposes of section 196 of the indian penal code; -s of 1880 and every such tribunal or appel~ate tribunal, as the case maybe, shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and chapter so xxvi of the code of criminal procedure, 1973 s of 18'14 proceedin before every tnljunal to be ,udicial proceedinl for certain purpoaes  chapter iv enj'o~ent of the orders made by the 'l'ribunaibexpulsion of illepl mlgranta 20 where a person has been determined by a tribunal, or, u the case may be, by the appellate tribunal, to be an illegal migrant, the 35 central government shall, by order served on such person, direct such person to remove himself from india within such time and by tueb route as may be specified in the order and may give such further dfreettcms in regard to hi's removal from india as it may consider ·neeessary or 40 t>xpedient  chapter v miscellaneousdele,a tioil of powers 21 the central government may, by notification, direct that the powers and duties conferred or imposed on it by this act, other than 5 th~ powers conferred by section 28, and the powers conferred by this section, may, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, be exercised or discharged also by-(a) any officer subordinate to the central government; (b) any state government or any officer subordinate to that 10 government 22 any authority empowered by or in pursuance of the provisions of this act to exercise any po~r, may, in addition to any other action expressly provided for in this act, take, or cause to be taken, such steps, and use, or cause to be used, such force, as may in its opinion be reasod-15 ably necessary for the effective exercise of such power power to give effect to the orden, etc bar of ,urisdictiol of civu courll 23 where a tribunal or appellate tribunal has been established for any area for the purpose of determining whether a person is or is not f an illegal migrant, no civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any question relating to that matter in that area and no injunction or any flo other order in respect of any action taken by, or before, the tribunal or appellate tribunal in respect of that matter shall be granted or made by any civil court transitory provision z4 where in any suit or other legal proceeding pending, whether in a civil court or in any tribuna1 established under any other law for the fl5 time being in force immediately before the commencement of this act, a question arises as to whether a person is or is not an illegal migrant, !luch court or trihunal shall without deciding such question make an order transferring such suit or other legal proceeding f'o -me tribunal under this act within the territorial limits of whose jurisdiction sueh 30 court or other tribunal is situate and on such transfer such question shad be dealt with by such tribunal in accordance with the provisions  of this act penal" 25 any person who,- (a) contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contra veption of, any order m~de under !;lection 20; or (b) fails to comply with any direction given by any su('h order; or (c) harbours any person who has contravened any order made under section 20 or has failer! to comply with any direction given by 40 any such order, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and, shall also· be liable to fine 26 no suit, prosecution or other legal proceedinl shall lie agaidit any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be doae under this act power to remove dulkulu  27 (1) 1£ any difficulty arises in giving effect ~ the provisionj of this act the central government may, by order to be published in the 5 official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provi sions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the commencement of this act 10 (2) every order made under uu section shall, as soon as mayj be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliament 28 (1) the central ~mment may, by notification, make rules to carry out the provisions of this act power to make rul • (2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the fore- 15 going powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the form and the manner in which an application may be made and the fee which shall accompany such application, as required by sub-section (3) of section 8; 110 (b) the authority to be prescribed under section 11; (c) the form and the manner in which an appeal to the appellate tribunal may be preferred and the fee which shall accompany such appeal, as required by sub-section (8) of section 15; (d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, pre&- ~5 cribed (3) every rule made by the central government 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 30 if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modificatioli in the rule or both houses agree that the 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 modi- 35 flc~tjon or annulment shall ~ without prejudice to the validity of any- thing previously done under that rule 29 (1) the illegal migrants (determination by tribunals) ordinance, 1983, a hereby repealed  ~ and - avijll(2) notwithstanding such repeal, bdything done or any aet:jon taken 40 under tbe said ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or tabd under the corresponding provisions of this act the influx of foreigners who illegally migrated into india aeross the borders of the sensitive eastern and north-eastern regions of the country and remained in the country poses a threat to the integrity and security of the said region's a substantial number of such foreigners who migrated into india after the 25th day of march, 19'tl, have, by taking advantage of the circumstances of such migration and their ethnic limilarities and other connections with the people of india, illegally remained in india without having in their possevsion lawful authority 80 to do the continuance of these persons in india has given rise to serious problems the clandestine manner in which these persons have been trying to pass off as citizens of india has rendered their detection difficult after taking into account the need for their speedy detection, the need for protection of genuine citizens of india and the interests of the general public, the president promulgated, on the imh oc";ober, 1983, the megal migrants (determination by tribunals) ordinance, 1983, to provide for the establishment of tribunals 2 the ordinance provided for the establishment of tribunals for the determination, in a fair manner, of the· question whether a person 1 an illegal migrant the definition of "illegal migrant'\ as provided in the urdlnance, recognised the 25th march, 1971, as the cut off date the ordinance also empowered the central government to make a refer-- ence to the tribunal and also enabled private citizens to make applications to the tribunal for determining the question whethe~ any person is an illegal migrant as deflned in the ordinance the ordinance also made suitable provisions for appeal, barring the j'lllisdiction of civil courts and expulsion of persons found to be illegal migrants 3 the bill seeks to replace the ordinance new d!:lm; p c sethi the 9th novembef', 1983  president's recommendation under article ] 17 ·of the constitution of india[copy of letter no lloi2/129/83-ne iv, dated the 12th november, j 983 from shrl p c sethi, minister of home affairs to the secretary, lok sabha]  the president, having been infonned of the subject matter of th~ megal migrants (determination by tribunals) bill, 1983 recommends th, consideration of the :rill in !ok sabha under nrticle 117 (3) nf the constitution of india n ' sub-clause (1) of clause & of the bill provides tor the establishment of illegal migrants (determination) tribunals by the central government for the purpose of determining the question as to whether a person is an illegal migrant clause 7 provides for the appointment of staff of the tribunals sub-clause (1) of clause 15 provides tor the establishment of illegal migrants (determination) appellate tribunal by the central government for the purpose of deciding appeals preferred against orders made by the tribunals in the state sub:-clause (7) of that clause provides for the appointment of staff ot the appellate tribunal the above provisions, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india on the following itemsr namely:-(a) recurring' expenditure on salaries and allowanees of the members of the tribunals and the supp'orting staff and expensee on account of petrol, oil and lubricant for the conveyance travelling allowances, i1mt for omee and residential accommodation each 'l'rl~ bunal shall have three members all the members of the tribunal shall be either serving or retired district judges or additional district judges; - (b) non-recurring expenditure on account of furniture, oftlce' equipment and a car for each tribunal; (c) recurring expenditure on salaries and allowances of the members of the appellate tribunal and the supporting statt the appellate tribunal will have not less than three and more than six members, who shall be either serving or retired high court judges; (d) non-recurring expenditure on account of furniture offtce' equipment and ccnveyance of the appellate tribunal 2 (i) the approximate recurring expenditure for setting up one tribunal is estimated to be rs 303,120 per annum this includes expenditure on salaries of the members of the tribunal statt 'for the tribunal, office expenses, petrol, oil and lubricants, travelling allowanees rent for office and residential accommodation (ii) the approximate non-recurring expenditure for one tribunal is estimated to be rs 120,900 per annum this includes expenditure on furniture 'typewriter and car, as the establishment of twenty tribunals in the state of assam has been notified, the expenditure on tri-bunals will be as follows:-returring non-r~urrtng bs 60,62,400 rs 2418,000 3 as the bill seeks to provide that an appellate tribunal shall consist of a minimum of three members, recurring expenditure on account of salaries of the three members (including one chairman) of the appellate tribunal, salaries of staff for the appellate tribunal, oftice expenses, petrol, oil and lubricants, travelling allowances, rent for office and residential accommodation, is estimated to be rs 3,61,320 per annum non-recurring expenditure on account of furniture,'oftlce equipments and conveyances for the appellate tribunal is estimated to be rs 1,40,900 pen" annum on the assumption that one appellate tribunal would be set up for the state of assam, the expenditure on appellate tribunal will be asfoliows:-recurring non-recurring rs 3,61,320 per annum rs '1,40,900 per annum 4 the bill, if enacted, is not likely to involve any other recurring or non-recurring expenditure ' clause 28 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the proposed legislation the matters in respect of which such rules may be made are speclbed in that clause they, inter alia, relate to the form and the manner in which an application may be made and the fee which shall accompany such application, the authority to be prescribed under clause 11 and the fonn and the manner in which an appeal to the appellate tribunal may be preferred and the fee which shall accompany such appeal the matters with respect to which rules may be made are matters of procedure or detail 2 the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a nonnal character in clause 13 a modification has been provided tliaflhe period of six months within which a reference made to the tribunal shall be disposed of shall be ccmputed from the date on which a copy of the said reference is served on the person concerned for securing conformity with clause 10 of the bill which provides for serving of the copy of tlie reference itself 2 sub-claust: (1) of clause 27 has been modified to include· a time limit beyond which it shall not be permissible to make any order for removing any difftc"ulty  ,  , rr  - billto provide for the establi8hment of tribunu for the determination in a fair manner of the question whether a penon ia an ille_ migrant to enable the central government to expel illegal migrants from india and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto (shri p c sethi, mini,ter of home again) 