24. The Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall in each calendar year prepare, in such form and at such time as may be prescribed, an annual report and submit the same to the employer or the District Officer.
25. The employer shall include a section on the cases filed and judgments conferred under this Act in each annual report of his organization.
26. (1)The appropriate Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest or in the interest of women employees at a workplace to do so, by order in writing,-
(a) call upon any employer or District Officer to furnish in writing such information relating to sexual harassment as it may require;
(b) authorise any officer or to make inspection of the records and workplace in relation to sexual harassment, who shall submit a report of such inspection to it within such period as may be specified in the order.
(2) Every employer and District Officer shall produce on demand before the officer making the inspection all information, records and other documents in his custody having a bearing on the subject matter of such inspection.
27. (1)Where the employer or the District Officer fails to-
(a) constitute a Committee under sub-section (1) of section 4 or under sub-section (1) of section 6, as the case may be;
(b) take action under sections 11, 12 and 20; and
(c) contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets contravention of other provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder, he or she shall be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees fifty thousand.
(2) The fine collected under sub-section (1) shall be kept in a corpus created and utilized for any purpose as may be prescribed.
28. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the allowances and remuneration to be paid to the Chairperson and members under sub-section (4) of section 4;
(b) the allowances and remuneration to be paid to the Chairperson and members under sub-section (4) of section 6;
(c) the person who may make complaint under sub- section (2) of section 7;
(d) the manner of enquiry under sub-section (1) of section 9;
(e) the powers for making enquiry under sub- section (2) of section 9;
(f) the action to be taken by employer or District Officer under sub-section (4) of section 9;
(g) the relief to be recommended under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 10;
(h) the manner of action to be taken under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 11;
(i) the manner of action to be taken under sub-section (1) of section 12;
(j) the manner of action to be taken under sub-section (2) of section 12;
(k) the manner of action to be taken under section 15;
(l) the manner of appeal under section 16;
(m)the manner of utilization of fines under sub-section (2) of section 18;
(n) the form and time for preparation of annual report by Committee under section 19; and
(o) the purpose for which the fine collected may be utilized under sub-section (2) of section 22.
(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 if, before the expiry the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification 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 be 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.
(4) Every rule made under this Act by the State Government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it consists of two Houses, or where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House.
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