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A state government in India wants to prescribe the fee and the procedure for filing registration documents of partnership firms in its state, as the Partnership Act allows it to frame such rules. This rule-making by an authority empowered by an Act is an example of which source of law?

This is delegated legislation. The Act empowers the state government to frame detailed rules, such as fees and procedure, under the parent statute. It is neither custom, nor precedent created by courts, nor a constitutional amendment, which requires a separate process in Parliament.

  1. ADelegated legislationCorrect
  2. BCustomary law
  3. CJudicial precedent
  4. DA constitutional amendment

Explanation

When Parliament enacts a statute and authorises the government or another authority to make detailed rules under it, those rules are delegated (subordinate) legislation. It is not custom or a court precedent, and no constitutional amendment is involved.

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