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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

General Clauses Act 1897 Section 16

Power to Appoint to Include Power to Suspend or Dismiss

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General Clauses Act 1897 Section 16 is part of General Clauses Act 1897 - Power to Appoint to Include Power to Suspend or Dismiss. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where, by any1[Central Act] or Regulation, a power to make any appointment is conferred, then, unless a different intention appears, the authority having2[for the time being] power to make the appointment shall also have power to suspend or dismiss any person appointed2[whether by itself or any other authority] in exercise of that power.

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

2. Substituted by Act 18 of 1928, Section 2 and Schedule I, for "by it".

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Section Section 16 of the General Clauses Act 1897 (Power to Appoint to Include Power to Suspend or Dismiss) is reproduced on this page as part of the General Clauses Act 1897. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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