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THE GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897
[Act, No. 10 of 1897]1
[11th March, 1897]
PREAMBLE
An Act to consolidate and extend the General Clauses Act, 1868 and 1887.
whereas it is expedient to consolidate and extend the General Clauses Acts, 1868 (1 of 1868) and 1887 (1 of 1887); it is hereby enacted as follows:--
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1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1897, Pt. V, p. 38; for Report of the Select Committee, see Gazette of India, Pt. V, p.77, and for Proceedings in Council see Gazette of India, Pt.VI, pp. 35, 40, 56 and 76.
This Act has been declared to be in force in the Santhal Parganas by the Santhal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872), Section 3; in Panth Piploda by the Panth Piploda Laws Regulation, 1929 (1 of 1929), Section 2; in Khondmals District by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), Section 3 and Sch; and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), Section 3 and Schedule
The Act has been partially extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941) and to the new Provinces and Merged States by the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (59 of 1949).
The Act has been extended to--
Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Regulation 12 of 1962, Section3 and Schedule;
Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Regulation 6 of 1963, Section2 and ScheduleI;
Pondicherry by Regulation 7 of 1963, Section3 and ScheduleI; and
Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Regulation 8 of 1965, Section3 and Schedule
It has been amended in Assam by the Assam Commissioners' Powers Distribution Act, 1939 (Assam Act 1 of 1939).