49.—(1) The Minister may make rules for any of the following purposes:
(a)
prescribing the manner of registration of mutual benefit organisations under this Act;
(b)
regulating or restricting changes of the name or objects of registered organisations;
(c)
regulating or restricting changes of the place of business or place of meetings of registered organisations;
(d)
prescribing the forms which may be used for carrying out the provisions of this Act;
(e)
prescribing the information to be furnished to the Registrar;
(f)
prescribing the fees which may be levied under this Act;
(g)
prescribing the percentage of the total receipts from subscriptions that may be deducted by a registered organisation for administration and other expenses; and
(h)
generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act in relation to any matters, whether similar or not to those in this subsection mentioned, as to which he may consider it expedient to make rules.
(2) The Minister in making a rule under this section may direct that a person guilty of a contravention of any rule shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and where the contravention is a continuing one to a fine not exceeding $50 for every day after the first day during which the contravention continues.
(3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication and if a resolution is passed pursuant to a motion notice whereof has been given for a sitting day not later than the first available sitting day of Parliament next after the expiry of 3 months from the date when the rules are so presented annulling the rules or any part thereof as from a specified date, the rules or such part thereof, as the case may be, shall thereupon become void as from that date but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new rules.