(the Tamil Nadu General Clauses Act, 1867) Complete Act - Bare Act

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(TAMIL NADTJ) ACT No. I OP 1367 . ,

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(The ¹ (Tamil Nadu) General Clauses

Aor, 1867.]

(Received the assent of the Governor on the

15

th February

1867,

ani of the Governor-General on the 2\st March

1867.)

An Act to shotten the language used in ^s[TamiI Nadu Acts] and to make certain provisions relating thereto.

Whereas

it is expedient to enact once for all certain

pwambta.

definitions of terms usually employed in the ⁸[Tamil Nadu Acts] and to make certain other provisions regarding such Acts ; It is enacted as follows :"

1.

Whenever, in any future ⁴[Tamil Nadu Act], any

Meaning of

word

or expression shall be employed which has been

words defined

in

Central ,j

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chapter II of the Indian Penal Code, or in

cri^lntd* XLVof

Chapter

T

of the Code of Criminal Procedure⁶, such

Procedure I860.

word or expression shall be taken to have the meaning

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assigned to it in those chapters, unless it be otherwise provided by the Act, or unless there be something either in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.

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THhde words were substituted for the word " Madras " by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1909, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969,

which came into force on the 14fch January 1969.

JF^a This Act does not apply to any Act passed after 1st January 1892-see Tamil Nadu General Clauses Act, 1891 (Tamil Nadu Act I of 1891), s. 2.

i|j This Act was extended to the merged State of PuduVkottai by section 3 of, and the First Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (Tamil Nadu Act XXXV of 1949).

This Act was extended to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 10 of the Tamil Nalu (Transferred Territory) Extension of Laws Ant, I960 (Tamil Nadu Act 23 of 1960), which came into force on the 1st April 1901, ropoaling tho corresponding law in that territory.

Thii expross^:on was substituted for the exnression "Arti of the Governor of Fort St. Ge->rg*> in Council" by the Tamil Nadu Adap tation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into foroe on the 14th January 1969.

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Governor of Fort St. George in Counoil " by

I See now Central Aot 2 of 1974.

[1867: T.N. Act I

2.

First.

"The words "Magistrate

of

Police "

shall

denote any person exercising the powers of a Magistrate

of

Police -within the local' limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Madras for the time being.

Second.

"The words " Town of Madras " shall denote such places as are within the local limits for the time being of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction sf the High Court of Judicature at Madras.

8.

Where any Act, repealing in whole or in part any former enaotment, is itself repealed, such last repeal shall not revive the enactment, or any of the provisions thereof, before repealed, unless words be added reviving such enactment or provisions.

4.

The repeal of any Act or Regulation shall

not

affect any act which shall have been done,

or any

offence which shall have been committed, or any fine

or

penalty whioh shall have been incurred, or any

pro

ceedings whioh shall have been commenced,

before

the

repealing Act shall have come into operation.

5.

Where in any future ³ [Tamil Nadu Act] no time

is

mentioned at which the same shall come into ope ration, such Act shall take effect from suoh date as the

^{the 8 [Official Gazette].}

[State Government] may notify by ' V-" cation

6.

and 7. [<

Judicial notice of Madras Acts

:

recital of

public fact to be prima facie evidence of its

truth.¹]

Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act,

1874

(XVI

of

1874).

These words were substituted for the word " Madras "