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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

General Clauses Act, 1897

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/133590

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General Clauses Act, 1897 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - General Clauses Act, 1897
Section1 - SHORT TITLE
Section3 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, and in all Central Acts and Regulations made after the commencement of this Act, unless there
Section4 - APPLICATION OF FOREGOING DEFINITIONS TO PREVIOUS ENACTMENTS
Section04A - APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS TO INDIAN LAWS
Section5 - COMING INTO OPERATION OF ENACTMENTS
Section6 - EFFECT OF REPEAL Where this Act, or any Central Act or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, repeals any
Section06A - REPEAL OF ACT MAKING TEXTUAL AMENDMENT IN ACT OR REGULATION Where any Central Act or Regulation made after the
Section7 - REVIVAL OF REPEALED ENACTMENTS
Section8 - CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCES TO REPEALED ENACTMENTS
Section9 - COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF TIME
Section10 - COMPUTATION OF TIME
Section11 - MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES In the measurement of any distance, for the purposes of any Central Act or Regulation made
Section12 - DUTY TO BE TAKEN PRO RATA IN ENACTMENTS Where, by any enactment now in force or hereafter to be in force, any duty of
Section13 - GENDER AND NUMBER In all Central Acts and Regulations, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
Section14 - POWERS CONFERRED TO BE EXERCISABLE FROM TIME TO TIME
Section15 - POWER TO APPOINT TO INCLUDE POWER TO APPOINT EX OFFICIO Where, by any Central Act or Regulation, a power to appoint any
Section16 - POWER TO APPOINT TO INCLUDE POWER TO SUSPEND OR DISMISS Where, by any Central Act or Regulation, a power to make any
Section17 - SUBSTITUTION OF FUNCTIONARIES
Section18 - SUCCESSORS
Section19 - OFFICIAL CHIEFS AND SUBORDINATES
Section20 - CONSTRUCTION OF NOTIFICATIONS, ETC., ISSUED UNDER ENACTMENTS Where, by any Central Act or Regulation, a power to issue
Section21 - POWER TO ISSUE, TO INCLUDE POWER TO ADD TO, AMEND, VARY OR RESCIND, NOTIFICATIONS, ORDERS, RULES OR BYELAWS Where, by
Section22 - MAKING OF RULES OR BYE-LAWS AND ISSUING OF ORDERS BETWEEN PASSING AND COMMENCEMENT OF ENACTMENT Where, by any Central
Section23 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAKING OF RULES OR BYE-LAWS AFTER PREVIOUS PUBLICATION Where, by any Central Act or
Section24 - CONTINUATION OF ORDERS, ETC., ISSUED UNDER ENACTMENTS REPEALED AND RE - ENACTED Where any Central Act or Regulation is,
Section25 - RECOVERY OF FINES Sections 63 to 70 of the Indian Penal Code
Section26 - PROVISION AS TO OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER TWO OR MORE ENACTMENTS Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under
Section27 - MEANING OF SERVICE BY POST Where any Central Act or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act authorizes or
Section28 - CITATION OF ENACTMENTS
Section29 - SAVING FOR PREVIOUS ENACTMENTS, RULES AND BYE-LAWS The provisions of this Act respecting the construction of Acts,
Section30 - APPLICATION OF ACT TO ORDINANCES In this Act the expression "Central Act" wherever it occurs, except in section 5, and

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