Act Info:
Where, by1[any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act] made after the commencement of this Act, any power is conferred2[x x x] then that power may be exercised from time to time as occasion requires.
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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
2. The words "on the Government" omitted by Act 12 of 1953.
Section 15 - Power to appoint to include power to appoint ex-officio
Where, by any enactment, a power to appoint any person, to fill any office or execute any function is conferred, then, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any such appointment, if it is made after the commencement of this Act, may be made either by name or by virtue of office.
Section 16 - Power to appoint to include power to suspend or dismiss
Where, by any enactment, a power to make any appointment is conferred, then, unless a different intention appears, the authority having1[for the time being] power to make the appointment shall also have power to suspend or dismiss any2[person appointed whether by itself or any other authority] in exercise of that power.
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1. Inserted by Act 12 of 1953.
2. Substituted by Act 12 of 1953.
Section 17 - Substitution of functionaries
(1) In1[any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act] made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the application of a law to every person or number of persons for the time being executing the functions of an office, to mention the official title of the officer at present executing the functions, or that of the officer by whom the functions are commonly executed.
(2) This section applies also to all enactments made after the third day of January 1868.
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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
Section 18 - Successors
(1) In1[any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act] made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of indicating the relation of a law to the successors of any functionaries or of corporations having perpetual succession to express its relation to the functionaries or corporations.
(2) This section applies also to all enactments made after the third day of January 1868.
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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
Section 19 - Official chief and sub-ordinates
(1) In 1 [any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act] made after the commencement of this Act, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of expressing that a law relative to the chief or superior of an office shall apply to the deputies or sub-ordinates lawfully performing the duties of that office in the place of their superior, to prescribe the duty of the superior.
(2) This section applies also to all enactments made after the third day of January 1868.
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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973