Section 8: Power to make rules

8. Power to make rules.___(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for__ 1Ins. added and subs. by Act No. II of 2024, sss. 6-8. 2Ins. and added by Act No. X of 1987, ss. 5-8. 3Ins. by Act No. XXXVIII of 1976, s. 4. 1[(a) the inspection of the copies and records of the Holy Qur’an printed or, as the case may be, prepared before the commencement of this Act;] (b) the prohibition of the sale of copies 1[and records] containing errors 2[;] 2[(c) the checking of all such copies 1[and records] of the Holy Quran as have not been certified under this Act as free from errors, at the expense of the publisher 1[or recording company]; 3[*] (d) the seizure of such copies 1[or records] of the Holy Quran in which there exist errors which cannot, in the opinion of the prescribed authority, easily be corrected in print 1[or record] 3[;]] 3 [(e) the constitution and functions of the Quran Board; and (f) the disposal of damaged and shaheed copies of the Holy Quran.] –––––––––––

Effective date: 1973-01-01

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