bill no xlv of 2010 the consumer protection (amendment) bill, 2010 a billfurther to amend the consumer protection act, 1986be it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-first year of  the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the consumer protection (amendment) act, 2010 (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmirshort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification, appoint2 in the consumer protection act, 1986, in section 14, sub-section (3) the  following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of section 14 of act 68 of 1986''provided that every district forum shall hold sittings, apart from the sittings at the specified place in district at places in tehsil/taluka from time to time, in such manner as may be prescribed'' statement  of  objects  and  reasonsgenerally, it has been observed that the people in rural areas get cheated more than the people in urban or semi-urban areastherefore the need to give protection to the consumers should not be restricted to district levels only although, at present, it is not practical to establish tehsil or taluka forums, yet, a day may come where governments will be compelled to establish forums, below district levelsif taking justice to the door-steps of the people is the motive of those who govern, then justice conceptualized under the consumer protection act, 1986, must also be the part of that motiveit is necessary that, the district forums, at least hold their sittings in place in tehsil/taluka from time to timehence this billshantaram  laxman naik memorandum of  delegated  legislationthe proposed amendment envisages framing of rules by the state government to carry out the objectives of  the proposed provisions the rules will relate to the matter of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character annexureextracts from the consumer protection act, 1986(68 of 1986)  14(3) subject to the foregoing provisions, the procedure relating to the conduct of the meetings of the district forum, its sittings and other matters shall be such as may be prescribed by the state government   ———— a billfurther to amend the consumer protection act, 1986————(shri shantaram laxman naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—4349rs(s3)—27-08-2010