Section 122: Parliamentary control over certain subordinate legislation

122. Parliamentary control over certain subordinate legislation All laws, other than Acts of Parliament, that make such provision as is mentioned in section 5 (1) or section 15 (3) or that establish new criminal offences or impose new penalties shall be laid before the Assembly as soon as is practicable after they are made and (without prejudice to any other power that may be vested in the Assembly in relation to any such law) any such law may be revoked by the Assembly by resolution passed within 30 days after it is laid before the Assembly: Provided that— (a) where it is so prescribed by Parliament in relation to any such law, that law shall not be laid before the Assembly during a period of public emergency within the meaning of Chapter II; (b) in reckoning the period of 30 days after any such law is laid before the Assembly, no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or is adjourned for more than 4 days. FIRST SCHEDULE [Section 31 (2)]