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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

General Clauses Act 1897 Section 8

Construction of References to Repealed Enactments

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General Clauses Act 1897 Section 8 is part of General Clauses Act 1897 - Construction of References to Repealed Enactments. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[(1) Where this Act, or any2[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then references in any other enactment or in any instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.

3[(2)]4[Where before the fifteenth day of August, 1947, any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom repealed and re-enacted], with or without modification, any provision of a former enactment, then reference in any2[Central Act] or in any Regulation or instrument to the provision so repealed shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as references to the provision so re-enacted.]

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1. Section 8 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 18 of 1919, Section 2 and Schedule I.

2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council".

3. Inserted by Act 18 of 1919, Section 2 and Schedule I.

4. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Where any Act of Parliament repeals and re-enacts".

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