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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

General Clauses Act 1897 Section 28

Citation of Enactments

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General Clauses Act 1897 Section 28 is part of General Clauses Act 1897 - Citation of Enactments. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) In any1[Central Act] or Regulation, and in any rule, bye-law, instrument or document, made under, or with reference to any such Act or Regulation, any enactment may be cited by reference to the title or short title (if any) conferred thereon or by reference to the number and year thereof, and any provision in an enactment may be cited by reference to the section or sub-section of the enactment in which the provision is contained.

(2) In this Act and in any1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, a description or citation of a portion of another enactment shall, unless a different intention appears, be construed as including the word, section or other part mentioned or referred to as forming the beginning and as forming the end of the portion comprised in the description or citation.

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

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